After two months of lockdown because of Covid-19 things are slowly opening up again starting with the opening of golf courses followed by shops and now finally restaurants. All this happening with restrictions focusing on keeping the distance, hand hygiene, facial masks, etc. We did the last week our first longer trip outside the Vila…
Category: Visit to Alantejo
Visit to Alentejo and Herdade da Mingorra.
Just south of Beija and 1,5 hours drive from Vila Real de Santo Antonio in the south part of Alentejo there is a concentration of very good wineries with great history and tradition of making wines. The best way of course is to experience the wine and local food that naturally marries together where it’s…
Visit to Alentejo and Herdade da Mingorra
We often buy the wine from Mingorra, their Reserva is a very good wine for a good price but they have a variety of different wines that you can find on their homepage (http://www.mingorra.com). At the trip to Alentejo that we made a couple of weeks ago I’ve also booked a visit to Mingorra with…
Visit to Alentejo and Herdade Monte Novo e Figueirinha.
This week we had visitors from Sweden, we went with them and some friends that lives in Tavira for a day to Alentejo and the surroundings of Beja to visit some winemakers. We also enjoyed lunch at a traditional restaurant in the center of Beja. The first stop was programmed at Herdade Monte Novo e…
Visit to Alentejo March 2016
Beginning of March 2016 we did a two days trip to Alentejo and Beja, about 130 km from Vila Real de Santo Antonio. Before the trip I made some inquiries through ”Vinhos do Alentejo” (http://www.vinhosdoalentejo.pt/produtores.php?id=2), I selected some vineyards around Beja and when leaving Vila Real de Santo Antonio March 3 in the morning we…
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