A modern Port-culture centre on the Gaia waterfront whose rooftop 360 lounge serves Port, Douro wine and port cocktails with panoramic views.
The list: Port and Douro wine by the glass plus port cocktails on a rooftop lounge over the river
Tip: Ride the lift to the 360 terrace at sunset for port cocktails over the Gaia lodges and Ribeira skyline.
Address: Largo Miguel Bombarda 23, 4400-222 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro Valley
A panoramic rooftop lounge with a deep Port and Douro list and a menu of port cocktails over downtown Porto.
The list: Wide selection of Port and Douro wines, port cocktails, spritzers and sparkling on a downtown rooftop
Tip: Order the port cocktails; AUGE is one of the few rooftops that takes Port mixology seriously.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.