Algarve, the southernmost province of Portugal, now better known for tourism than for wine (see map under portugal). There is, however, evidence of a long winemaking tradition in the Algarve, principa

We loved exploring different towns each day by car, including Sagres, Salema, Tavira, Aljezur, Lagos, and Praia da Luz. Eat at Casa Chico Zé in Faro (it’s a unique location with a small farm out back)

flor or flor yeasts, are benevolent film-forming yeasts which are able to form a veil, velum, or film of yeast cells which floats on the surface of a wine. Flor yeasts are typified by those native to

Portugal’s wine law predates that of most other European countries (although see also tokaj in Hungary). In 1756, the then prime minister, the Marquis of Pombal, drew a boundary around the vineyards o