Arvad Vineyard at golden hour, with the pergola visible above the rows.

AN EVENING REMEMBERED · 22 AUGUST MMXXVI

Vine & Fire

Name: Vine & Fire — Event recap
Start: 2026-08-22T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-08-23T01:00:00+01:00

The dinner happened. The vineyard filled. The kitchen moved in rhythm. The first photographs from that night begin here.

One night · One community · One cause

Arvad Vineyard· Estombar, Algarve· 22 August 2026

SEE THE NIGHT

Event complete · The first photographs are here.

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After the evening

Anything can happen in just one day.

Vine & Fire only became real because so many people decided to become part of it. A vineyard became a gathering place. A chef and his team created something extraordinary. Local growers, suppliers, and businesses brought what they do best. Musicians gave the night its soundtrack. Volunteers worked side by side behind the scenes to make it all happen.

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This is only the first glimpse. The photographs are here. The stories are still coming.

The impact of one evening

A beautiful night, carried forward by what it made possible.

Vine & Fire brought one long table together for the kitchen—and turned that generosity into practical support.

3,600

raised for Portimão Soup Kitchen

guests around one shared table

courses composed and served by Chef João Marreiros

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In collaboration

Two Algarve houses, one long table.

The kitchen

LOKI By Chef João Marreiros

Local. Authentic. Food.

An ingredient-driven kitchen rooted in Monchique. Chef João forages the mountain, fishes the coast, and writes the menu by the day. For Vine & Fire, the kitchen comes to the vineyard.

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The vineyard

Phoenician roots · Arade Valley

Fourteen hectares above the Arade, planted on clay and limestone a young Algarve estate borrowing its name from an ancient seafaring island. Long pergola, sunset porch, small-batch wines from the cellar below.

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A private vineyard dinner by Loki

An evening where food becomes art,
and the vineyard becomes its gallery.

The Chef

João Marreiros of Loki

João Marreiros' food is rooted in the Serra de Monchique, where he was born and where his earliest memories were shaped by gathering wild plants and ingredients for his grandmother's recipes.

At Loki, that relationship with land, memory, and season becomes something precise and intimate: local flavours carried through refined technique, served as a deeply personal expression of the Algarve.

Three wine glasses clinking against the Algarve sunset.

Arrival at the Vineyard

A private welcome among the vines as the evening settles over the valley.

An Arvad Reserva bottle with two glasses and a charcuterie board lit by an open fire.

The Opening Glass

Wine and first bites served slowly, setting the tone for what follows.

A Loki dish in a streambed with sauce being poured from a black ceramic pig-head vessel.

Five Courses by Loki

A dining experience shaped as art: seasonal, intimate, and composed for the vineyard.

Chef João Marreiros lying in shallow water in his leather apron, water haloed around him.

The Gallery After Dark

As plates clear, the vineyard becomes the room. Wine, fire, music, and conversation take over.

Hands rolling a small oak barrel across a dark wooden table.

The Final Pour

No hard close. The night ends only when the fire fades.

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The first glimpse

The room, the pass, the volunteers, and the golden hour that carried the night.

A first edit from Vine & Fire: guests gathering outside, the room settling in, the pass moving course by course, and the quiet work behind the scenes that held everything together.

The Arvad terrace looking across the vineyard and valley before Vine and Fire began.

The long dining table prepared inside Arvad Vineyard for Vine and Fire.

Cellist Júlio Luz performing on the terrace during Vine and Fire.

Guests gathering on the terrace in the golden evening light at Arvad Vineyard.

The Vine and Fire dining room filled with guests around the long table.

Chef João Marreiros finishing plates at the kitchen pass during Vine and Fire.

01 / 06 The setting

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From the bottom of our hearts

Vine & Fire happened.
Thank you.

Every volunteer, every guest, every donated bottle, ingredient, service hour, and musical note helped turn one evening into practical support for the Portimão Soup Kitchen.