Wine

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

If anyone can take credit for championing the Bairrada region and putting it firmly back on the map it is Luís Pato, and of course his daughter Filipa who has

Wine Emotions is a passionate project fuelled by the love that the two business partners in charge share for wine. Headed by João Marques, formerly the Sommelier at Gordon Ramsay’s

A great but affordable red from one of the top producers Quinta do Crasto is one of the great Douro producers and if you see a bottle with the word

One day last week I was chatting with José Avillez, Portugal’s most famous Portuguese chef who won his first Michelin star last year at his Belcanto Restaurant in Lisbon. José

More than 50 Algarve Wine Society members and their guests attended a wine tasting and dinner at Quinta dos Poetas on November 13. Quinta dos Poetas is a small country