The lemons growing in the gardens of the western Algarve often have the size of grapefruit, pods thick like a thumb and a lemon flavor that you might know only from your childhood. The beauty of simplicity for GIN SUL is, for example, the excellent organic juniper or fresh rosemary. But one ingredient makes GIN [...]

Started in October 2013 the SHARISH GIN project is a new Portuguese gin produced in Monsaraz, a village in the Alentejo region of Portugal by António Cuco. Used during the Muslim occupation, the Arabic term "sharish", means xara or jara, the very Estella alentejana (Cistus ladanifer). The gin is part of a recipe stuffed with [...]