Wine Festivals in Dão

Feira de São Mateus ★ 4.5

Viseu's annual fair traces to a royal charter of 10 January 1392 and now runs about a month across a 75,000 square metre ground, with hundreds of exhibitors, concerts and regional food and wine stands.

Host: Viseu Marca and the Município de Viseu

Tip: The 2026 edition ran from 6 August to 6 September. Paid nights are the concert nights; go on a free afternoon if you want the exhibitor halls to yourself.

Feira do Vinho do Dão ★ 4.7

Nelas has run the region's producer fair since 1991 in the Praça do Município: four days of stands, commented tastings and the Grande Prémio Engenheiro Alberto Vilhena wine competition.

Host: Câmara Municipal de Nelas

Featured producers: carlos-raposo-vinhos

Tip: The competition is judged on the opening Thursday and the winning wines are poured on the Saturday. Commented tastings need booking and sell out first.

Dão Primores Spring Tastings ★ 4.6

The regional commission opens the Solar do Vinho do Dão in the Fontelo for an afternoon of free and commented tastings, regional food and the awards of the Melhores Vinhos do Dão no Produtor competition.

Host: Comissão Vitivinícola Regional do Dão

Tip: Entry is free and the tasting glass costs 5 euros. Commented flights start at 15h30 in the Sala da Lareira and have to be booked ahead.

Dão Summer Edition ★ 4.5

Two outdoor days at the Solar do Vinho do Dão pouring 200 wines from 20 producers, with speed tastings, lab talks on vineyard biodiversity and precision viticulture, food stands and a children's area.

Host: Comissão Vitivinícola Regional do Dão

Tip: The 2026 edition ran on 27 and 28 June from 14h30. Speed tastings and lab talks have limited places and are booked separately from entry.

Gala dos Melhores Vinhos do Dão ★ 4.4

The regional commission's competition awards evening. The 2026 edition handed out 43 distinctions at the Museu do Vinho e das Artes in Santar, from one best wine and five platinum medals down to gold and silver.

Host: Comissão Vitivinícola Regional do Dão

Featured producers: adega-cooperativa-de-silgueiros, casa-da-passarella, quinta-de-cabriz, adega-cooperativa-de-penalva-do-castelo, quinta-do-cerrado, caminhos-cruzados, quinta-de-lemos, udaca, adega-de-vila-nova-de-tazem, casa-de-santar, sociedade-agricola-boas-quintas, magnum-vinhos

Tip: Morgado de Silgueiros Touriga Nacional 2023 took best wine in 2026; the medal list published afterwards is the most useful shopping guide the region produces.

Festa das Colheitas, Oliveira do Conde ★ 4.1

A village harvest festival in Oliveira do Conde, the Terras de Senhorim parish that holds Quinta das Marias and Quinta do Cerrado, closing the streets around the pelourinho for four days in mid September.

Host: Câmara Municipal de Carregal do Sal

Tip: The 2026 edition ran 11 to 14 September. Park outside the village: the municipality closes nine streets around the pelourinho for the duration.

Festa do Vinho Dão de Penalva ★ 4.2

An afternoon beside the town hall where the Penalva bottlers pour, local crafts and food share the square, and the municipality hands over the medals its producers won at the Città del Vino competition in Italy.

Host: Município de Penalva do Castelo

Featured producers: adega-cooperativa-de-penalva-do-castelo, casa-da-insua

Tip: In 2026 it fell on Sunday 23 August. Adega de Penalva and Casa da Ínsua both collected Città del Vino gold medals that afternoon.

Portas Abertas, World Wine Tourism Day in Nelas ★ 4.3

For World Wine Tourism Day the Nelas producers throw their cellar doors open across a weekend, with a free guided-visit programme on the Saturday afternoon alongside the walk-in Portas Abertas tastings.

Host: Município de Nelas

Featured producers: caminhos-cruzados, quinta-da-fata, quinta-do-sobral, pedra-cancela, casa-de-santar

Tip: The guided visits are free but have to be booked; the open cellars themselves take walk-ins across both days of the weekend.