Quinta do Gradil celebrates the grape harvest season
A couple of weeks ago, Tom and I took a break from all the Port Wine Day goings-on in Porto and the Douro and...
17.56 Museum & Enoteca in Porto, Portugal
"This is a project that we had been dreaming about for years, if not decades,” said Pedro Silva Reis, Chairman of Real Companhia Velha...
Olive oil on the gourmet table in Vila Real, Portugal
Three bottles of extra virgin olive oil graced each table at the University of Trás-os-Montes’ Panoramic Restaurant in Vila Real, Portugal. The occasion—dinner themed...
Exemplary vines, first-class wines in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Tom and I met winemaker Dorina Lindemann at Essência do Vinho, at the Portugal Wine Connection in the Palacio de Bolsa’s magnificent Salon Arab....
Way off the beaten path in Portugal’s Douro Valley
After rinsing our feet in a basin of water, we stepped into the granite lager—Portugal’s traditional venue for treading grapes by foot. For our...
Portugal’s Port Wine Day, Fourth Edition
Innovative, informative and crowd-pleasing—Port Wine Day celebrates the wine that made Portugal’s Douro Valley famous. The events of Port Wine Day commemorate the day...
Weekend getaway to Minho, northern Portugal
The Minho River traces Portugal’s northern border with Spain and empties into the Atlantic at Caminha, one of Portugal’s most charming beach towns. Equidistant...
It’s February–Let’s celebrate Portuguese wine!
It’s February, and time to celebrate Portuguese wine! Essência do Vinho, the country’s most important wine fair, has just concluded in Porto. Simplesmente Vinho,...
Touring Portugal’s Lisboa wine country
A great pleasure in moving to Portugal has been our introduction to all manner of excellent wines: sparkling, red, wine and fortified. One of...
Our year of memory-making travel
You were a tumultuous year, 2016. You brought upheaval and bureaucracy, as Tom and I moved across Europe to a new home. You made...