A central Porto wine bar with a small-producer focus, pouring Vinho Verde alongside Port and Douro wines with a sommelier-led tasting programme.
The list: Small-producer Portuguese wines, including Vinho Verde, alongside a Port focus, with sommelier-led 30-euro tastings
Tip: Book the 30-euro sommelier tasting to walk the small-producer Vinho Verde and Port pours; it is one of the best-value guided sessions in central Porto.
Address: Rua das Carmelitas 88, 4050-162 Porto, Portugal, Vinho Verde
A tiny, music-loving natural-wine bar in central Porto with a twenty-seat room and an exciting glass list that frequently includes Aphros Phaunus.
The list: Tight curation of Portuguese natural wines by the glass, with Aphros Phaunus and Lima-valley pet-nats often on rotation
Tip: Only twenty seats and a music-led room; arrive early and ask the owners to pour the Lima-valley natural pours.
A record-store-meets-bar in Bonfim where vinyl, wine and cocktails share the same room, open late into the night.
The list: Wine and cocktails alongside a record store, with Vinho Verde appearing on rotating by-the-glass selections
Tip: Dig through the vinyl while you drink; one of the latest-open Porto rooms and the rotating glass list often includes Loureiro pet-nat.
A tiny, music-loving natural-wine bar in central Porto with a twenty-seat room and an exciting glass list that frequently includes Aphros Phaunus.
The list: Tight curation of Portuguese natural wines by the glass, with Aphros Phaunus and Lima-valley pet-nats often on rotation
Tip: Only twenty seats and a music-led room; arrive early and ask the owners to pour the Lima-valley natural pours.
A wine bar set inside a deconsecrated 16th-century chapel in Cedofeita, all candlelight and Douro and Minho pours, open to 2am at the end of the week.
The list: Short, Douro and Minho focused Portuguese list with Vinho Verde and Port poured under candlelight in the chapel apse
Tip: Book the table inside the old chapel apse for the most atmospheric seat in Porto; Fado nights are especially candlelit and hushed.
A minimalist candle-lit wine room near Bonfim pouring natural and organic Portuguese wines, including Loureiro and Avesso, from taps.
The list: Natural and organic Portuguese wines poured directly from taps, with a minimalist candle-lit room
Tip: Order a Loureiro or Avesso pour straight from the tap; the dim, minimalist room is one of Porto's quietest late wine rooms.
The bar of the Yeatman wine hotel high on the Gaia hillside, with a deep Portuguese list including Vinho Verde and a terrace facing the Porto river.
The list: Extensive Portuguese wine list including Vinho Verde and Port from the hotel cellar, with a terrace over the river
Tip: The hotel-cellar list runs deep on Vinho Verde; ask the sommelier to pour a Soalheiro Granit and an Alvarinho vertical side by side.
A panoramic rooftop lounge with a Port and Portuguese wine list including Vinho Verde spritzers over downtown Porto.
The list: Wide selection of Port and Portuguese wines including Vinho Verde and Alvarinho spritzers on a downtown rooftop
Tip: Order an Alvarinho spritzer; AUGE is one of the few rooftops that takes Vinho Verde mixology seriously.