With it’s gently undulating plains and endless horizons, the Alentejo covers about a third of the country and is divided into eight DOC sub-zones. Once regarded simply as a poor agricultural backwater, the ‘bread basket’ of Portugal, it is a land of large estates or “Latifundios” and has recently come into its own as an…
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Portugal’s Michelin stars for 2019
Three new Michelin Stars for 2019 G Pousada, in the Pousada de Bragança São Bartolomeu, tucked away in the far northeast corner of Portugal, was awarded its first star for Chef Óscar Gonçalves’ creative cuisine of the Transmonte region. Chef António Loureiro was also awarded a star for his modern Portuguese cuisine at A Cozinha in Guimarães. Chef Pedro…
Exploring Portugal’s Alentejo
Arraiolos to Vila Vicosa Our latest Iberian sojourn took us to Portugal’s largest province, its “wild east”, the Alentejo, “the land beyond the River Tagus”, just 90 minutes east of Lisbon and just west of Spain’s Extremadura, the land of the Conquistadors. The Alentejo is a vast, primarily rural, utterly tranquil and unspoiled area of…
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