Tastings, courses and structured sessions in Dão that teach you the region in a glass.
Tastings, courses and structured sessions in Dão that teach you the region in a glass.
The two-year professional technical course in viticulture and oenology at the Viseu agricultural college, covering vineyard management, fermentation, stabilisation, sensory analysis and wine trade.
Wine courses run alongside the vineyard and cellar visits at the 17th-century Santar estate, taught on the veranda of the tasting room in fine weather.
Two-hour craft and produce workshops on the Taboadella estate for groups of eight to twenty-four, covering cheese and preserve making, basket weaving, teas, ceramics and míscaro mushroom gathering.
After hotel pickup in Coimbra, we take direction to activity start in Viseu. Day dedicated to bicycle touring on an old railway branch that has 130 years of transpor...
Peak wine-travel season in Dão is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Dão rewards trust.