The oldest Port house, founded in 1638 and the namesake brand of the Kopke Group (formerly Sogevinus), Kopke is celebrated for its dated Colheita tawnies, poured by the glass at Casa Kopke on the Gaia riverfront.
Signature wines: kopke-colheita-tawny
Address: Avenida Diogo Leite 312, 4400-111 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro Valley
Founded in 1750 and part of the Kopke Group (formerly Sogevinus), Burmester ages its Ports beside the Luis I bridge in Gaia and is known for its long-aged tawny styles.
Tasting: Cellar tour beside the Luis I bridge with tawny-focused tastings.
A family-owned house founded in 1842 and led by Dirk Niepoort, equally renowned for classic Vintage Port and a benchmark range of DOC Douro reds and whites such as Redoma and Charme.
Tasting: Family Port house; cellar visits by reservation, with Douro DOC and Port flights.
Signature wines: niepoort-vintage-port, niepoort-redoma-tinto
Founded by royal charter in 1756, Real Companhia Velha (Royal Oporto) is Portugal's oldest wine company, with vast Gaia cellars and an expanding range of DOC Douro wines.
Tasting: Multilingual guided tour of the historic Gaia cellars ending in a Port tasting.
Founded in 1750 and part of the Kopke Group (formerly Sogevinus), Burmester ages its Ports beside the Luis I bridge in Gaia and is known for its long-aged tawny styles.
Tasting: Cellar tour beside the Luis I bridge with tawny-focused tastings.
A family-owned house founded in 1842 and led by Dirk Niepoort, equally renowned for classic Vintage Port and a benchmark range of DOC Douro reds and whites such as Redoma and Charme.
Tasting: Family Port house; cellar visits by reservation, with Douro DOC and Port flights.
Signature wines: niepoort-vintage-port, niepoort-redoma-tinto
Founded by royal charter in 1756, Real Companhia Velha (Royal Oporto) is Portugal's oldest wine company, with vast Gaia cellars and an expanding range of DOC Douro wines.
Tasting: Multilingual guided tour of the historic Gaia cellars ending in a Port tasting.
One of the oldest Port houses, founded in 1588 and part of the Fladgate Partnership, Croft welcomes visitors at its Quinta da Roeda estate near Pinhao and created the original rose Port, Croft Pink.
Tasting: Vineyard tours, tastings and harvest treading at the Quinta da Roeda estate near Pinhao.
Signature wines: croft-vintage-port, croft-pink
A single-quinta house above Pinhao owned by AXA Millesimes, Quinta do Noval is famed for its tiny ungrafted Nacional vineyard, source of one of the world's rarest and most expensive Vintage Ports.
Tasting: Estate visits and tastings at the Pinhao quinta, including the celebrated Nacional vineyard.
Signature wines: quinta-do-noval-nacional, quinta-do-noval-vintage-port
A Roquette-family estate on the right bank between Regua and Pinhao, Quinta do Crasto is a leader of the Douro still-wine renaissance, famed for its old-vine field-blend reds.
Tasting: Tours, tastings, lunches and boat trips overlooking the river, by reservation.
Signature wines: quinta-do-crasto-vinha-maria-teresa, quinta-do-crasto-reserva-old-vines
