One could rant endlessly about Portuguese wine culture, the variety of vines, taste and wonderful food. There are now over 200 grape varieties on the Portuguese wine range. With this article we present a small introduction to the beautiful world of wines from Portugal, with an introduction to selected red and white grape varieties and the Portuguese climate that gives Portugal's wines their unforgettable taste.

Earlier this year we sat down with Try Foods to do a sardine tasting. We are actually constantly trying new sardines, but such tastings at regular intervals are always good to refresh knowledge and to re-evaluate what has been saved. Individual preferences may change and the vintage sardines are more mature... And so we met in the sardine bar and bravely tried eleven different varieties. Find out here what we tasted!

Yes, we are Puxisardinophile! Puxisardinophile are the lovers of sardine cans - whether filled or empty as a collector's item. Although we prefer the filled ones. One of our favorite sardine brands comes from Matosinhos, about ten kilometers northwest of Porto on the Atlantic. In this port city is the Fábrica de Conservas Pinhais, the Pinhais canning factory, which we were allowed to visit on our last Porto trip. Here you can find out what makes Pinhais & Nuri so special. Have fun!

Mold can take on the most adventurous colors and shapes on cheese, so that the cheese sometimes looks like a small hairy animal... in most cases, however, the mold is not serious and is absolutely intentional. Just think of the white mold of Camembert or the many delicious blue cheeses ... Using various French and Italian raw milk cheeses, we explain in this film what types of mold there are and whether you can eat it or not. Have fun watching and don't be afraid of mold!

The Roquefort is the love of my life - at least when it comes to cheese. That beautiful blue one with the pale complexion is incredibly aromatic and probably not for anyone who is cautious about pasta with gorgonzola cream sauce when it comes to blue … And it not only tastes great, but is also something for the heart. We supposedly have a love story to thank for its creation.

If you want to stock up on your favorite cheese for the holidays but don't know how to keep it fresh and tasty for as long as possible, then you've come to the right place. In this short film we share our best tips and tricks with you, including how to make an improvised cheese dome... Have fun!

Behind Saboreal are three good friends whose goal is to bring traditional fish specialties to the world with a modern twist and in a new guise. For example to Berlin, to us! All pies are made from locally sourced ingredients and sustainably caught fish, and are hand-produced in the Algarve. Vincent Jonckheere, one of the founders, visits us and lets you taste his sardine, mackerel and tuna pies. We look forward to seeing him and of course to you!

With the kind support of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce , we invite you to a tasting with a focus on Portugal on December 1st. As you already know, Portugal has a lot more to offer than European soccer champions, including fantastic world-class wines. We also serve delicious Portuguese canned fish. There are also a few more surprises in store, including from Anabela's Kitchen and Natas Berlin - but only while stocks last!

The year is drawing to a close... and every end contains a beginning. Hesse once said something like that. Things are less poetic here, but more culinary! That's why we're dedicating our first tasting of the winter to duck, this noble poultry, and serving you a variety of fine duck specialties under the motto "Duck good, all good," supported by our Catalan supplier Collverd.

4 days, 4 regions, countless fantastic wines. This is the conclusion in numbers of our last trip to Portugal. In this blog post we tell you what we experienced and who we met. There is news from Rita Marques Ferreira of Conceito Wines from the Douro, a discovery in Alvarinho, a new vintage from Alvaro Castro... enjoy reading and travel inside!

Madeira? Madeira, Madeira...? Isn't that an island in the Atlantic? And isn't that where the Portuguese football hero Christiano Ronaldo comes from? That's all true. But Madeira is also the protected name of a very excellent and still little-known liqueur wine that comes from the Atlantic island of Madeira, which belongs to Portugal. And of course that interests us gourmets the most! Everything you always wanted to know about it, you can read here!

Have you ever experienced that intercultural differences arose on the cheese platter and a dispute broke out about how to cut the cheese correctly? Of course, there's no absolute right or wrong about the whole thing, but we'll explain how it's done in France and what the French think when they don't slice their cheese. Have fun!