Last weekend was a holiday in Portugal,  Revolutionary Day –  25th April, 1974 –  35 years ago!   We flew down to Lagos in Hans’ Cessna 182 to enjoy a day at the seaside, and went to one of our favourite restaurants, O Camilo, perched on the cliff top behind Lagos.  We brought a present for [...]

No passado dia 12 decorreu em Beja mais uma edição das Conversas Tertulianas, que contaram com a Dra. Odete Santos como convidada de honra. O encontro começou com uma animada conversa com a ex-deputada, que depois presenteou toda gente com um recital, que marcou um momento verdadeiramente intenso.
Depois das palmas, uma prova de vinhos das [...]

No passado dia 13 de Dezembro de 2008 teve lugar, no restaurante Pátio Andaluz em Coruche, um jantar com degustação de vinhos das Cortes de Cima.
Este restaurante abriu recentemente, inspirado numa filosofia diferente, pois está vocacionado para servir tapas e petiscos, dando verdadeira importância à harmonia entre o vinho e a comida. Bem hajam por [...]

Lunch with the chef of the Cliff Bay hotel was another highlight during my trip to Madeira. Our aim was to try some of Cortes de Cima’s wines and to experiment with some wine and food pairing ideas, during a casual encounter. Benoît Sinthon, who had just arrived from his holidays, prepared various dishes [...]

Go to any Portuguese ‘garrafeira’ (bottleshop) with a broad selection of Portuguese wines, and it is obvious to see that Portuguese wineries have eagerly imitated the worldwide trend in turning to bigger, taller and heavier bottles in an attempt to meet consumers´perceptions of high-end wines. “Consumers perceive the wine as better if [...]