Founded in 1877 by Dona Antonia Ferreira and run by her descendant Francisco Olazabal, this Douro Superior estate makes one of Portugal's most sought-after reds plus the Meandro second wine.
Signature wines: quinta-do-vale-meao-tinto, meandro-do-vale-meao
Address: Quinta do Vale Meao, 5150-501 Vila Nova de Foz Coa, Portugal, Douro Valley
A grand Douro Superior estate bought by the Symington family in 1989, Quinta do Vesuvio still treads its grapes by foot in granite lagares and makes a single-quinta Vintage Port every year it declares.
Tasting: Private full-day estate experience with foot-treading lagares, by reservation.
Signature wines: quinta-do-vesuvio-vintage-port
One of the oldest quintas in the Douro, dating to 1716 and owned by descendants of Dona Antonia Ferreira, Vallado pairs a design wine hotel at Regua with old-vine reds and the Adelaide top cuvee.
Tasting: Wine hotel with tours, tastings and a winery visit beside the Corgo river at Regua.
Signature wines: quinta-do-vallado-adelaide, quinta-do-vallado-reserva
A grand Douro Superior estate bought by the Symington family in 1989, Quinta do Vesuvio still treads its grapes by foot in granite lagares and makes a single-quinta Vintage Port every year it declares.
Tasting: Private full-day estate experience with foot-treading lagares, by reservation.
Signature wines: quinta-do-vesuvio-vintage-port
An Amorim-family estate in the Cima Corgo at Covas do Douro, Quinta Nova is a pioneer of Douro wine tourism, combining a Relais & Chateaux winery hotel with a serious DOC Douro range.
Tasting: Relais & Chateaux winery hotel with tastings, vineyard walks and the Terracu's restaurant.
Signature wines: quinta-nova-grande-reserva, quinta-nova-referencia
A Mansilha-family estate in the Pinhao river valley near Sabrosa, Quinta do Portal makes DOC Douro reds, Port and a rare Moscatel do Douro, with a striking architect-designed barrel cellar.
Tasting: Visits, tastings and stays at the estate, with a Siza Vieira-designed cellar.
Signature wines: quinta-do-portal-grande-reserva, portal-moscatel-do-douro
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.
Tasting: Riverside wine hotel near Pinhao with tours, tastings and the Cozinha da Clara restaurant.
Signature wines: quinta-de-la-rosa-tinto, quinta-de-la-rosa-vintage-port
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
