Gastronomy research

The students have done a research on northern gastronomy, chose a recipe and, of course, they had to test it...and taste it!

Don't let them scare you with the ingredients: pork coooked with tripe and blood of the animal!

A field trip to the Douro Valley

On the first days of January students and teachers went on a field trip to the Douro Valley, one of the most important and oldest demarcated regions of the world, where wine-growing has been a practice since immemorial times and has even increased during Roman occupation. This particular estate is called Quinta do Seixo and is situated in the superior sub-regions of the Douro - Cima Corgo.

The purpose of the visit was first to observe the landscape, since one of the tasks to be developped by the students in a near future is a model which represents the geography and a traditional estate in the Douro Valley. The second purpose of the trip was to understand the processes of planting, production and vinification, which will also be a source of useful information for the groups and their respective work.

Of course wine tasting was inevitable to close the trip with a golden key.