Gourmet

With Carnival and Valentine’s falling within two days of each other this month, there’s a double reason to celebrate at Vila Vita Parc, near Porches. Ocean, the luxury resort’s Michelin

Restaurant Club House at the Monte Santo resort in Carvoeiro is holding an Open Day tomorrow (February 9) offering a free tasting menu experience open to the general public. From

Strict EU-wide rules for organic food and drink aim to bolster consumer trust and promote Europe’s organic farmers, the care they take of the land, biodiversity and high standards of

Set in the heart of Albernoa (Beja), Herdade dos Grous, a country estate managed by Vila Vita Parc (Porches), has launched a special ‘Carnival Menu’ that can be enjoyed by

By Nigel Adams news@algarveresident.com The Algarve Wine Society kicked off its 2013 activities with a dinner at the Dona Filipa Hotel in Vale do Lobo, preceded by a tasting of

It will be a short but blissful love affair: Vila Joya’s famous two-Michelin star restaurant is moving from Albufeira to the Sintra-based hotel Tivoli Palácio de Seteais until February 14.

By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net Iberian black pig, or porco preto as it is known here, is to the pig what Wagyu beef is to the cow. Quite simply, it is

By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net Just recently winemaker David Baverstock wrote a very interesting article that appeared in this newspaper about wines made from foreign grape varieties here in Portugal. He

A new series of gastronomic demonstrations is starting at the municipal market in São Brás de Alportel. Tomorrow morning (January 26), Chef Pedro Relvas, from the Pousada do Convento da

A creative and varied array of artistic food items can be tasted in a restored olive press (lagar) in the parish of Maçainhas, Belmonte, in the North of Portugal. The