The Alvarinho boom in Monção-Melgaço delivered 12 million litres of 2025 wine across 1,514 hectares. Anselmo Mendes' €2M Quinta da Torre, Soalheiro's €1M press hall and the Quinta do Louridal €3M enoturismo project anchor a producer wave with grape prices at €1.20/kg.
The Ministério da Agricultura e Alimentação opened on 9 June the financing window for a €30 million emergency aid package covering Portuguese agricultural producers against the spring-2026 surge in diesel, electricity and fertiliser prices linked to...
Portuguese wines hold roughly 18% of the Brazilian import market, third behind Chile and Argentina. The EU-Mercosur tariff schedule — 27% to 24% in May 2026 and to zero by 2034 — is forecast to push Portugal to 22% and past Argentina, with Cartuxa expecting 15% Brazil revenue growth.
Portugal holds roughly 50% of global raw cork production and ranks as the world's largest cork exporter, anchoring a €1 billion-plus export sector — but Frontiers research flags 59% of Portuguese cork-oak stands now show no natural regeneration under climate stress.
Agriculture Minister José Manuel Fernandes broke publicly with his own cabinet on Saturday, telling reporters at the 62nd Feira Nacional da Agricultura (National Agriculture Fair) in Santarém that the €20 million emergency package signed off by the...
Two 5,000-year-old antas and a Roman vila at Herdade das Atafonas in Torre de Coelheiros, Évora were destroyed for a NOGAM walnut plantation — the Câmara opens an inquérito interno, the tutela refers to the Ministério Público, with a 2020 Vale da Moura precedent in the same parish.
Lisbon will host the second edition of the Olive Oil World Congress (OOWC) at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July 2026, succeeding the inaugural Madrid 2024 cycle and lining up alongside the International Olive...
