5 fortified specialists in Douro Valley, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All Douro Valley nightlife.
Vinologia, La Maison des Porto ★ 4.4
Ribeira, Porto · Rua de Sao Joao 28, 4050-552 Porto, Portugal
A dedicated Port specialist in Ribeira pouring around 200 Ports from small independent shippers, the place to go deep on the fortified style.
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
Gaia hillside · Rua do Agro 141, 4400-281 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
The premium tasting room of Graham's 1890 Lodge on the Gaia hill, pouring aged tawny and vintage Ports beside cellars of 1890s bottles.
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
Gaia hillside · Rua do Choupelo 250, 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
The cellars of Taylor's, one of the oldest and only continuously independent Port houses, with tastings and a garden terrace over Porto.
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
Gaia · Rua Serpa Pinto 346, 4400-307 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Gaia's largest Port cellar, with guided tours through working cooperage and lodges ending in premium Port tastings.
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
Gaia riverfront · Largo Miguel Bombarda 47, 4400-222 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
The riverfront Sandeman cellars in Gaia, with a 17th and 18th-century bottle museum and guided tastings under the famous black-caped Don.
Tip: The Old Tawnies tour pours four older tawnies; the black-caped Don logo is one of the river's landmarks.