A Bergqvist-family estate on the river just below Pinhao, Quinta de la Rosa is a single-quinta producer of both Port and DOC Douro wines, with a wine hotel and restaurant on site.
Signature wines: quinta-de-la-rosa-tinto, quinta-de-la-rosa-vintage-port
Address: Quinta de la Rosa, 5085-241 Pinhao, Portugal, Douro Valley
A small, acclaimed Vale de Mendiz project from winemaking couple Sandra Tavares da Silva and Jorge Serodio Borges, Wine & Soul makes the old-vine Pintas red, Guru white and a 5G tawny Port.
Tasting: Boutique producer at Vale de Mendiz; tastings by appointment.
Signature wines: wine-and-soul-pintas, wine-and-soul-guru
The Symington family's home quinta on the riverbank at Pinhao, source of Dow's finest Vintage Ports and an award-winning visitor centre at the heart of the Cima Corgo.
Tasting: Symington visitor centre on the river at Pinhao with Port and Douro DOC tasting tiers.
A small, acclaimed Vale de Mendiz project from winemaking couple Sandra Tavares da Silva and Jorge Serodio Borges, Wine & Soul makes the old-vine Pintas red, Guru white and a 5G tawny Port.
Tasting: Boutique producer at Vale de Mendiz; tastings by appointment.
Signature wines: wine-and-soul-pintas, wine-and-soul-guru
A 1998 partnership of the Symingtons of the Douro and Bruno Prats of Bordeaux, Prats & Symington makes the elegant Chryseia and its Post Scriptum second wine from Quinta de Roriz and Quinta da Perdiz.
Tasting: Douro DOC project of the Symington and Prats families; wines shown via Symington visits.
Signature wines: chryseia, post-scriptum-de-chryseia
The Symington family's home quinta on the riverbank at Pinhao, source of Dow's finest Vintage Ports and an award-winning visitor centre at the heart of the Cima Corgo.
Tasting: Symington visitor centre on the river at Pinhao with Port and Douro DOC tasting tiers.
An 18th-century estate at Cambres near Lamego on the south bank, Quinta da Pacheca was one of the first Douro quintas to bottle under its own name and now runs the Wine House Hotel with its landmark barrel rooms.
Tasting: Wine House Hotel with tours, tastings, harvest treading and wine-barrel rooms.
Signature wines: quinta-da-pacheca-reserva, pacheca-vintage-port
An 18th-century estate at the confluence of the Tedo and Douro run by the Bouchard family, Quinta do Tedo farms organically and makes Port, DOC Douro reds and olive oil with river-view tastings.
Tasting: Organic estate at Folgosa with cellar tours, tastings, picnics and rooms.
Signature wines: quinta-do-tedo-vintage-port
Fonseca's source estate in the Tavora valley at Valenca do Douro, Quinta do Panascal opened to visitors in 1992 and offers an audio-guided walk through its terraced vineyards and traditional lagares.
Tasting: Self-guided audio tour of the vineyards and lagares with tastings, one of the Douro's first visitor estates.
