Ladeira da Santa ★ 4.5
Family estate at São João da Boavista in Tábua, on a slope facing the Açor range at the southern edge of the Dão, where granite gives way to schist.
Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 18:00, visits by prior booking.
Vineyards in Alva
Quinta Vale do Cesto ★ 4.4
Oliveira do Hospital estate begun in 1987, now about eight hectares including century-old vines, split between the home quinta and Quinta de Santo António at 470 to 550 metres.
Tasting: Open daily 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 17:30, weekends by prior booking.
Signature wines: Vale do Cesto, Serra d'Alva, Muros Vadios, Alva Magna
Quinta da Aldeia Nova ★ 4.3
Three hectares of stony clay-limestone soil on the left bank of the Alva at 200 to 400 metres, planted to Baga and Encruzado in 2019 and worked with spontaneous fermentation.
Tasting: Family wine tourism project with vineyard and cellar visits by arrangement.
Tasting Rooms in Alva
Ladeira da Santa ★ 4.2
The shop and tasting counter at Quinta das Corgas in Tábua, on the Alva side of the region, open seven days a week to walk-in visitors.
Quinta Vale do Cesto ★ 4.0
A small Alva-valley cellar at Oliveira do Hospital that takes booked weekday tastings of its Dão whites and reds alongside an online shop.
Wine Hotels in Alva
Quinta da Aldeia Nova ★ 4.1
A three-hectare family estate at Pombeiro da Beira farming regeneratively and vinifying with spontaneous fermentation, offering rooms, a table, a wine shop and cellar visits.
The list: Cellar tours, vineyard visits and tastings of Baga and Encruzado bottlings, with an exhibition space and media library on site