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.
Address: Rua Serpa Pinto 346, 4400-307 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro Valley
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.
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.
Evening Port tastings and a 360-degree virtual Douro flight on the Gaia waterfront, with a rooftop lounge to finish the night.
The list: Port flights by the glass plus a virtual Douro flight experience, open into the evening on the riverfront
Tip: The shop floor pours three-Port flights into the evening; combine with the rooftop lounge upstairs.
Themed evening tastings in a candle-lit former chapel, sometimes paired with live Fado, focused on Douro and Minho wines.
The list: Guided Portuguese wine tastings with cheese and charcuterie on themed Fado and tasting nights
Tip: Check the calendar for Fado nights, when the chapel hosts guided tastings with live song.
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.
Porto's only dedicated sparkling-wine bar, pouring Portuguese espumante and French Champagne by the glass with aperitifs on a sheltered terrace.
The list: Specialist sparkling list of Portuguese espumante and French Champagne by the glass with finger food
Tip: The only dedicated bubbles bar in Porto; the terrace is the spot for a chilled flute, and there are heaters for winter nights.