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.
Address: Rua do Agro 141, 4400-281 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro Valley
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.
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.
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.