The surprising wines of Cyprus
What is your idea of wine from Cyprus? Emva Cream sherry, maybe? Recently a group of 14 Algarve Wine Society members decided to put aside their preconceptions and explore the
A great value find from Bairrada
It’s not often that I am truly impressed with a red wine costing less than €10 retail price. But whilst shopping at the Auchan supermarket in Portimão last week, this
Lagoa takes Algarve wines to major wine fair in Paris
Lagoa was behind the promotion of Algarve wines at the 86th ‘Fête des Vendages’ wine fair held in the emblematic Montmartre neighbourhood in Paris between October 9 and 13. As
Algarve Wine Society at Quinta da Ria
Members of the Algarve Wine Society (AWS) met on October 23 at Quinta da Ria’s Ria Terrace Restaurant for a dinner accompanied by wines from Herdade da Mingorra. The restaurant’s
Sauv Blanc and Gewurzt from the Douro
The last time I wrote about the Sauvignon Blanc from Quinta de Cidró I did not give it a very positive review. This was a good few years ago and
Automatic simplicity
Dão winemaker Carlos Lucas makes some very interesting wines, mostly under the Ribeiro Santo label. One of his most unusual is called ET, with an image on the label depicting
Lasso Branco from Quinta do Pinto
Last Sunday I found myself in the newly-rebranded Auchan supermarket of the Aqua Portimão shopping centre. Not much has changed apart from the name (it used to be Jumbo) and
Wine society goes ancient and modern
The grape harvest may be all but over in the Algarve but further north it’s still in full swing and so the Algarve Wine Society (AWS) appreciated the willingness of
Port wine and cave paintings “at risk” in river valleys
Changes in climate are putting the ‘existing heritage’ of two Portuguese river valleys at risk, say scientists. In danger are the vines that produce one of the oldest protected wines
Campolargo Baga 2015
As I have written here many times before, I am passionate about the Baga grape and the Bairrada region. Baga is my favourite Portuguese red variety by far and a