Made in Portugal
Portuguese cork
Cork oak trees can live more than two centuries and start produce cork at around 25 years. Every nine years the bark is extracted and cork is used for several applications. Cork oak is a native tree species in Portugal and is responsible for a typical Portuguese landscape known as montado. Cork oak montados are [...]
Posted on 16.01.2010 by admin
Tags: Made in Portugal
Portugal Web Product Catalogue
The Portugal Web Product Catalogue has been just released. This Catalogue is in PDF format and was made aiming that Portugal Web costumers will have another option to know more about its products. In this catalogue you will find a selection of around 70 products divided in two main areas: equestrian and embroidery. All [...]
Posted on 16.07.2009 by admin
Tags: Made in Portugal
Portuguese saddles
As Portugal has a long equestrian tradition, Portuguese saddles have an ancient origin. As elsewhere, in Portugal the saddles have evolved over the time having in mind what have been consider the main priorities from equestrian activities, moving from a military purpose to the modern sports. Although there several Portuguese saddle models the traditional Portuguese [...]
Posted on 30.04.2009 by admin
Tags: Equitation, Horse Tack, Made in Portugal, Saddles
Portuguese olive oil
Olives have been cultivated in the region where Portugal is today for longer than Portugal’s existence as a country. Although it is though that the existence is earlier than the Romans certainly at that time olives were grown and olive oil was produced in where today is Portugal. Currently a remarkable dinamism in the establishment [...]
Posted on 19.04.2009 by admin
Tags: Food, Made in Portugal
Portuguese embroidery
Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Therefore embroidery can be seen as an art. Linen and cotton are the most used supporting materials for Portuguese embroidery. There is embroidery work that from being so rich they hide completely the supporting material. Although in Portugal embroidery [...]
Posted on 13.04.2009 by admin
Tags: Crafts, Made in Portugal
Portuguese wine
Although Portugal has a small size is still amongst the 10 largest wine producers in the world. Abroad probably the best known Portuguese wines are the Port and Madeira wines. Both of them are fortified wines and were invented by accident. In the 17th and 18th centuries often wines were shipped for long distances and [...]
Posted on 13.04.2009 by admin
Tags: Drinks, Made in Portugal
Portuguese cork
Cork oak trees can live more than two centuries and start produce cork at around 25 years. Every nine years the bark is extracted and cork is used for several applications. Cork oak is a native tree species in Portugal and is responsible for a typical Portuguese landscape known as montado. Cork oak montados are [...]
Tags: Made in Portugal
Portugal Web Product Catalogue
The Portugal Web Product Catalogue has been just released. This Catalogue is in PDF format and was made aiming that Portugal Web costumers will have another option to know more about its products. In this catalogue you will find a selection of around 70 products divided in two main areas: equestrian and embroidery. All [...]
Tags: Made in Portugal
Portuguese saddles
As Portugal has a long equestrian tradition, Portuguese saddles have an ancient origin. As elsewhere, in Portugal the saddles have evolved over the time having in mind what have been consider the main priorities from equestrian activities, moving from a military purpose to the modern sports. Although there several Portuguese saddle models the traditional Portuguese [...]
Tags: Equitation, Horse Tack, Made in Portugal, Saddles
Portuguese olive oil
Olives have been cultivated in the region where Portugal is today for longer than Portugal’s existence as a country. Although it is though that the existence is earlier than the Romans certainly at that time olives were grown and olive oil was produced in where today is Portugal. Currently a remarkable dinamism in the establishment [...]
Tags: Food, Made in Portugal
Portuguese embroidery
Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Therefore embroidery can be seen as an art. Linen and cotton are the most used supporting materials for Portuguese embroidery. There is embroidery work that from being so rich they hide completely the supporting material. Although in Portugal embroidery [...]
Tags: Crafts, Made in Portugal
Portuguese wine
Although Portugal has a small size is still amongst the 10 largest wine producers in the world. Abroad probably the best known Portuguese wines are the Port and Madeira wines. Both of them are fortified wines and were invented by accident. In the 17th and 18th centuries often wines were shipped for long distances and [...]
Tags: Drinks, Made in Portugal