Founded by sommelier Diogo Amado near Palacio da Bolsa, Prova is a calm jazz-lit room built around a wide-ranging Portuguese by-the-glass list and guided flights.
The list: Sommelier-curated list of Portuguese wines from across the regions, poured by the glass and bottle; the host matches each pour to the guest's preferred style
Pours: Douro DOC reds, White Port spritz, Vinho Verde
Also styled La Maison des Porto, this snug Ribeira room specialises in Port from independent grower houses, with knowledgeable staff guiding tastings of small-production bottlings.
The list: Around 200 Ports from small-batch independent producers, served by the glass with a focus on grower and single-quinta Ports rarely seen elsewhere
Pours: Single-quinta Vintage Port, Aged Colheita Tawny, White Port
A Ribeira riverfront wine bar overlooking the Dom Luis I bridge, with one wall built from a 17th-century aqueduct and a Portuguese list paired to small plates.
The list: Curated Portuguese list across Douro, Dao and Alentejo poured by the glass and bottle, served with petiscos beside a 17th-century aqueduct wall and river view
Pours: Douro DOC reds, Touriga Nacional, White Port tonic
A small terraced wine bar above the Ribeira with large windows framing the Luis I bridge and the river, focused on the wines of northern Portugal.
The list: Specialises in the wines of northern Portugal, by the glass and bottle, served from a perch with sweeping views over the Ribeira and the Douro toward Gaia
Pours: Douro DOC reds, Vinho Verde, Tawny Port
A São João garrafeira where bottles of aged Port across decades are sold and poured by the glass at the counter, alongside Douro table wines.
The list: Long-established garrafeira with a by-the-glass counter pouring aged Port across many vintages plus Douro DOC wines from its shelves
Pours: Vintage Port verticals, Colheita Tawny, Douro DOC reds
A branch of the long-running Soares merchant in the Ribeira, stocking many years and brands of Port plus Douro wines, with bottles also sold by the glass.
One of Porto's longest-running wine bars near Ribeira, with golden lighting, background jazz and a smart by-the-glass list run by a clued-in sommelier.
The list: Curated list of Portuguese and European small-producer wines with a knowledgeable sommelier and an attached wine shop
Tip: Open late from the afternoon to 1am; the cave-like room with jazz and a charcuterie board is the spot for an unhurried late glass.
A cosy Ribeira wine bar on the old fishmongers' wall, pouring Portuguese wines with a privileged view across the Douro to the Gaia lodges.
The list: Portuguese-focused by-the-glass list strong on Douro reds and whites, with cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: Grab a riverside table at dusk for the classic Ribeira-and-Gaia view; it is one of the best sunset wine perches in the city.
A riverfront Ribeira wine bar and restaurant pouring Portuguese wines with regional plates beside the Douro.
The list: Portuguese wine list anchored in Douro reds and Ports, served with regional dishes on the riverfront
Tip: A riverside table here pairs Douro wine with Porto cooking and the floodlit Dom Luis bridge.
An intimate Ribeira tasting room with around 200 Ports and Douro wines from small producers, open late in a warm, low-lit space.
The list: Around 200 Ports and Douro wines from small producers, poured in flights in a cosy candle-warm tasting room
Tip: Sit at the back tables and ask for a vertical Port flight; the snug room is at its best after dark.
A dedicated Port specialist in Ribeira pouring around 200 Ports from small independent shippers, the place to go deep on the fortified style.
The list: Around 200 Ports from small independent producers, served as flights and by the glass
Tip: This is the city's deepest small-grower Port list; ask for a vertical flight of a single house.
Prova's late hours make it Porto's go-to for a sommelier-guided evening flight of Douro and Portuguese wine well after dinner.
The list: Guided by-the-glass flights of Douro and Portuguese wine running into the early hours with a sommelier
Tip: Come after dinner for a guided flight; open to 1am, it is one of the few places to taste seriously late in Porto.
Late guided Port flights in Ribeira drawing on a 200-bottle small-grower list, open to midnight for after-dinner tasting.
The list: Guided evening Port flights from a 200-strong small-grower list, open until midnight
Tip: Late-evening flights here go beyond the big houses into tiny grower Ports rarely seen elsewhere.