[goatforce5]

Just to echo what you said:

I was in Portugal a couple of months ago, and our local tour guide said the drought conditions meant we should expect to pay 3x the price for olive oil over the next year or two.

[garyclarke27]

There's No drought in Portugal now - It's been raining non-stop for the last month and the summer was quite cool this year.

[goatforce5]

I was there ~2 months ago, near Faro. Our driver said they had had very little rain in the past 3 years. He showed us empty creeks and rivers, etc. And the area certainly looked very dry.

It looks like it rained quite a bit in the past month, though, so if that has turned things around for them, then I am very pleased.