Dick's Bar at The Yeatman ★ 4.3
30 by the glassGaia hillside
The bar of the Yeatman wine hotel high on the Gaia hillside, with a deep Portuguese and Port list and a terrace facing the river.
The list: Extensive Portuguese wine and Port list from the hotel's renowned cellar, with a terrace over the river
Tip: The terrace overlooks Porto and the Douro; the wine-hotel cellar means the by-the-glass options run deep.
Vinologia, La Maison des Porto ★ 4.4
30 by the glassRibeira, Porto
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.
Graham's Vintage Room ★ 4.5
12 by the glassGaia hillside
The premium tasting room of Graham's 1890 Lodge on the Gaia hill, pouring aged tawny and vintage Ports beside cellars of 1890s bottles.
The list: Premium Port tastings including aged tawnies and vintage Ports in a private tasting room
Tip: Book the evening Vintage Room tasting for rare aged Ports with a guided tour of the 1890 lodge.
Taylor's Port Cellars ★ 4.4
10 by the glassGaia hillside
The cellars of Taylor's, one of the oldest and only continuously independent Port houses, with tastings and a garden terrace over Porto.
The list: Self-guided cellar tour ending in tastings of Taylor's tawny, ruby and vintage Ports
Tip: Finish in the peacock-dotted tasting garden; Taylor's has shipped Port since 1692 and stayed independent throughout.
Cockburn's Port Lodge ★ 4.2
10 by the glassGaia
Gaia's largest Port cellar, with guided tours through working cooperage and lodges ending in premium Port tastings.
The list: Guided lodge and cooperage tour with premium Port tasting and pairing in the largest cellar in Gaia
Tip: The premium tasting-and-pairing tour includes a cooperage walk-through; it is the biggest working Port cellar in Gaia.
Sandeman Cellars ★ 4.1
10 by the glassGaia riverfront
The riverfront Sandeman cellars in Gaia, with a 17th and 18th-century bottle museum and guided tastings under the famous black-caped Don.
The list: Guided cellar tours ending in tastings of Sandeman ruby, tawny and old-tawny Ports, including a Don-caped museum
Tip: The Old Tawnies tour pours four older tawnies; the black-caped Don logo is one of the river's landmarks.