From the Azores to California – from California to the Azores.
It was hot in the Alentejo last week, so we decided to leave the grapes to get along with their ripening, and take a short holiday to the temperate, verdant Azores. To reach the Azores from Lisbon, one flies towards NY, and stops at 1/3 [...]
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"Terras de Pão, Gente de Paz .” – The official moto of our region – as testified by signboards posted at many a town and village entrance. Can be loosely translated as – "Land of Bread, People of Peace".
The art of breadmaking in stone ovens, heated with olive branches, is still alive in the [...]
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The Alentejo Black Pig breed is descendent of the sus mediterraneus wild boar from the south, of Iberian or Roman lineage. As it is not crossed with other breeds it has a greater genetic capacity for infiltration of intramuscular fat. This explains the characteristic white marble-like veins that give the meat its moist and [...]
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From Asia to Portugal – from Portugal to Asia.
They say it is hot in Alentejo at the moment. Over 30 degrees in the shade, I HEAR. Actually, I have to resort to hearsay as I have spent the past week away from the winery,C more exactly at the beach in Lagos [...]
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Incógnito 2003 has been included in the latest ‘Dream List’ of must try wines -
“A staggered harvest occurred under cloudless skies, resulting in a dense, ripe wine that is extremely seductive, but that also has a more serious side. Although its warm climate origins are reflected in the ripeness of the fruit, it is [...]
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