Wine in Monforte, Alentejo

Torre de Palma Wine Hotel ★ 4.4

Boutique wine hotel and cellar on a Monforte estate dating to 1338 and reopened in 2014, farming 7 hectares of vines with marble lagares for foot treading.

Tasting: Boutique cellar with marble lagares, a barrel room and a tasting room, open daily, with a three wine tasting, blending workshop, pairing menus and a harvest programme.

Signature wines: torre-de-palma-reserva-tinto, torre-de-palma-musas-tinto, torre-de-palma-arinto-alvarinho, reserva-da-familia, torre-de-palma-alicante-bouschet-tinta-miuda

Torre de Palma Wine Store ★ 4.3

The estate shop and online store at Torre de Palma Wine Hotel, selling the full range of estate reds, whites and rose plus a wine club showcasing other Alentejo producers.

Torre de Palma Wine Hotel ★ 4.6

A medieval-tower estate in the Alto Alentejo lowlands, its 1338-era buildings converted into a Design Hotels property whose own winery designs wines specifically for the table and for blending workshops.

The list: Winery visits, wine blending workshop (around EUR 75), blind tastings, and wines-around-the-fire sessions

Torre de Palma Wine Blending Workshop ★ 4.5

A hands-on blending session in the Torre de Palma winery, tasting from different deposits and barrels to create a personal blend, bottled and finished with a custom label to take home.

Torre de Palma fireside wine tasting ★ 4.1

An intimate, fireside evening tasting at the Torre de Palma wine hotel in Monforte, guided by the estate's own winemaker.

The list: Guided evening tastings of the estate's own wines with the estate's winemaker, held by the fireplace in the wine hotel's lounge

Tip: Ask for the fireside tasting with the winemaker rather than a standard flight; guests single it out as the highlight of a Torre de Palma stay.