A dedicated Port specialist in Ribeira pouring around 200 Ports from small independent shippers, the place to go deep on the fortified style after a Vinho Verde dinner.
The list: Around 200 Ports from small independent producers served as flights and by the glass
Tip: The deepest small-grower Port list in the city; ask for a vertical flight of a single house alongside a Vinho Verde aperitif.
Address: Rua de Sao Joao 28, 4050-552 Porto, Portugal, Vinho Verde
Prova's late hours make it Porto's reference for a sommelier-guided evening flight of Vinho Verde and Portuguese wine well after dinner.
The list: Sommelier-guided by-the-glass flights including Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Loureiro and Avesso running into the early hours
Tip: After dinner is the best window; the sommelier can build a custom Vinho Verde flight on request, walking the three flagship grapes side by side.
Prova's late hours make it Porto's reference for a sommelier-guided evening flight of Vinho Verde and Portuguese wine well after dinner.
The list: Sommelier-guided by-the-glass flights including Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Loureiro and Avesso running into the early hours
Tip: After dinner is the best window; the sommelier can build a custom Vinho Verde flight on request, walking the three flagship grapes side by side.
Themed evening tastings in a candle-lit former chapel, sometimes paired with live Fado, with a Douro and Minho focused list.
The list: Guided Portuguese wine tastings with cheese and charcuterie on themed Fado evenings, focused on Douro and Minho
Tip: Check the calendar for Fado nights, when the chapel hosts guided tastings with live song and the candle-lit room is at its best.
The on-site restaurant and tasting space at Soalheiro in Alvaredo, where evening Alvarinho pairings walk the Cerdeira family's parcel-specific cuvees including Granit.
The list: Cellar-door evening tastings and pairings walking the full Soalheiro Alvarinho range, including Granit and Bruto Nature
Tip: Pair the evening tasting menu with a Granit Alvarinho vertical; the on-site restaurant pairs each course with a parcel-specific cuvee.
Porto's dedicated sparkling-wine bar, pouring Portuguese Espumante including sparkling Alvarinho alongside Champagne by the glass.
The list: Specialist sparkling list of Portuguese Espumante including sparkling Alvarinho and French Champagne by the glass
Tip: Look for Soalheiro Bruto Nature on the Espumante list; the terrace is the spot for a chilled flute of sparkling Alvarinho.
Cellar-door sparkling-Alvarinho tastings at Soalheiro, walking the traditional-method Bruto Nature alongside the still Granit cuvees.
The list: Tastings of the Soalheiro Bruto Nature traditional-method sparkling Alvarinho, alongside the still Granit and Primeiras Vinhas
Tip: Book the dedicated Bruto Nature tasting alongside the Alvarinho still range; the comparison is the easiest way to read sparkling Alvarinho.
A wine bar inside a deconsecrated 16th-century chapel in Cedofeita pouring Douro and Minho wines, open until 2am at the end of the week.
The list: Portuguese wine list pouring Douro and Minho, both famous and obscure, with cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: Open Thursday to Saturday until 2am; the converted 16th-century chapel still has its altar and is the closest late wine room to drink Vinho Verde in Porto.