Wine

The humble and thick-skinned Baga grape, the backbone of Mateus Rosé and the predominant red grape of the Bairrada region, was traditionally a high-yield variety for low quality winemaking. But

I seem to be on a bit of Dão run at the moment, the region that is still most undeservedly out of fashion but keeps surprising me with genuinely interesting

I was invited to a small tasting session recently at Bistro 84 in Almancil to try what is almost definitely the most expensive and arguably (to quote Jancis Robinson) the

Something special from the red hearted grape for Valentine’s Day Traditionally used in the Alentejo as a blending grape to add depth of flavour and colour, the Alicante Bouschet grape

This is a mid-range Douro red with quite some pedigree behind it. Launched in 2007, Duorum is a joint venture between José Soares Franco, one of Portugal’s foremost oenologists of

Chardonnay 2011 The Lisbon wine producing region, to the north of the capital, as I have said in this column more than once before, is one of the most exciting

Last year around this time I wrote about ports for the Christmas table and selected an LBV (Quinta de La Rosa) and a 10 or 20 year-old Tawny (Vallado) as