Wine: Quinta do Pôpa Reserve
Quinta do Pôpa in the Douro produces some excellent wines, amongst them one of my favourite varietal reds coming out of the region, their TR (Tinta Roriz) which costs close
C.A.S.A. members discover wine
Social club visits Cabrita Winery and learns about wine-making process On Friday, April 21, a group of 26 members from C.A.S.A. Social Club visited Cabrita Winery (Silves), which is a
Graham Beck comes to town
Anyone who knows South African wine will be familiar with Graham Beck, one of the country’s greatest names in sparkling wine. One of the brand’s most notable moments of fame,
Summer and Winter wines: learn how to differentiate
Summer and winter wines Summer/Spring wines are a lot more refreshing than winter wines, and they are a lot lighter. On the other hand, winter wines are heavier and have
Discover the Algarve’s wine culture with new tasting tour
New Algarve wine tour gives participants “flexibility to choose which vineyards to visit” A new weekend-long Algarve wine tasting tour has been unveiled. Entitled ‘Roads to Wine’, the event will
A good value for money red from the high Alentejo
Everything has gone up in price so much over recent times and this is particularly evident to the price of wine on supermarket shelves. So when I saw this new
Record numbers attend Algarve Wine Society AGM
The dinner at Pine Cliffs was accompanied by wines from Campolargo estate in Bairrada On Thursday, March 30, a record number of 89 members met for the AGM of the
Wine: Château L’Escarelle
New in from Provence There is nothing new about Château L’Escarelle, a well-established, organically certified producer in the heart of France’s Provence wine region. But these two pinks are totally
Wine tourism route presented in the Algarve
The new route, called Algarve Wine Tourism, was created “to affirm the Algarve on the national wine regions map”. On March 23, the Algarve’s Wine Commission presented Algarve Wine Tourism,
Algarve wine producers triple in 10 years
The region now counts 50 producers, when in 2010, there were only 16, spread over four regions producing wine with denomination of origin: Lagos, Portimão, Lagoa and Tavira. The number of wine