Symington family is Portuguese Wine Producer of the Year
Symington Family Estates, one of the leading producers of premium quality Ports, was awarded the Portuguese Wine Producer of the Year Trophy 2013 at the International Wine & Spirit Competition
Altano Tinto Reserva 2009
This wine, from the Douro, is produced by the renowned Symington family at their Quinta da Ataíde estate way up in the Vilariça valley in the Douro Superior towards the
Portugal comes fourth in world wine rankings
Portuguese wines are riding high this year after Wine Enthusiast, a prestigious American magazine, has featured several of them in their “Top 100 Best Buy” category and no less than
Luxury wines
The month of September marked 10 years since five winemakers – Quinta do Vallado, Niepoort, Quinta do Crasto, Quinta Vale D. Maria and Quinta do Vale Meão – joined forces
Amantis 2007 red
By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net I was seduced by the soft tannins and lush fruit of this Alentejo red from the notable quinta of Dona Maria near Estremoz, and as always
Algarve restaurants host blind wine tasting sessions
By PAUL BERNHARDT news@algarveresident.com Five Algarve restaurants were chosen recently to host the latest edition of Harmonias Com Provadas, a blind wine tasting project organised by Alexandra Maciel, who’s writing
Tasting the single varietal wines of Esporão
A total of 65 members of the Algarve Wine Society and their guests attended a tasting and dinner held at the Dona Filipa & San Lorenzo Golf Resort, in Vale
Food and wine association
Members and friends of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs met last Friday for dinner at the Dutch owned Restaurant Florian in Almancil. Chef Piet Warink presented a five course meal to
Memorable wine evening
Members of the Algarve Wine Society attended a tasting and dinner event, held at the Grande Real Santa Eulália Resort & Hotel on October 19. Australian oenologist Peter Bright presented
Lagoa winery to become cultural centre
Lagoa’s historic winery is to house a second art gallery as of this month. Following the opening of Galeria na Adega in May in the grounds of the Adega Cooperativa