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.
Address: Rua do Choupelo 88, 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro Valley
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.
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.
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.