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When guests arrive at the windmill, they are treated to a few surprise gifts, including our famous rosemary cake! We have tried offering...

Horta is the Portuguese word for a vegetable garden (coming from the latin, hortus, also meaning garden). In England, Simon and I...

Spring is, most definitely, our favourite time of year at the windmill. Tiny flowers start opening their heads from February, but the...

We are sat on a ferry, lolling from side to side, on our way back to Britain for Christmas. 2020 is coming to a close, and at the...

Back in January, digging holes to plant vines taught me a lot about the soil on the property. We planted a few things here and there last...

It seems incredible, but we've now owned Moinho da Fadgosa for a whole year!  After a very busy but fantastic first year at the windmill,...

You may know that I also work in wine (as co-owner of Ten Green Bottles in Brighton) and Fiona and I are keen to offer wine as an...

We set sail from England, with our trusty new steed (a VW T5 Van we've named Hilda) on the evening of March 15th 2019. For the last four...