The Osório family manor at Sabariz in the Cávado sub-region opens for cellar visits and Loureiro-Alvarinho flights, with the premium Reserva as a cellar-door benchmark for the Cávado style.
Address: Lugar da Igreja, 4730-733 Sabariz, Vila Verde, Braga, Portugal, Vinho Verde
The Esteves Monteiro family estate at Sobrado on the Sousa edge offers vineyard walks and tastings of the organic Espumante Bruto and varietal Vinho Verde range, with a Loja da Quinta on site.
Tasting: Vineyard trail, cellar visit and organic Espumante Bruto plus Vinho Verde flights
The Felgueiras estate runs cellar-door tastings that compare its single-varietal Loureiro, Alvarinho, Avesso and Vinhão side by side, making it a useful one-stop survey of the Vinho Verde grape mosaic.
Tasting: Side-by-side single-varietal Loureiro, Alvarinho, Avesso and Vinhão flights
The Cerdeira family's cellar door at Alvaredo opens the founding Melgaço Alvarinho estate to guided tastings of the Classico, Granit and Primeiras Vinhas range, with a small on-site Soalheiro Wines and Food kitchen.
Tasting: Cellar visits, vertical Alvarinho tastings and Granit single-soil flights
Anselmo Mendes opens his Quinta da Torre cellar in Moreira for guided tastings of the Muros Antigos, Muros de Melgaço and Curtimenta range that defines the modern Alvarinho reference.
Tasting: Estate visits, Alvarinho-focused flights and the skin-contact Curtimenta tasting
Vasco Croft welcomes guests to Casa de Compostela at Refoios do Lima for guided biodynamic walks through the Demeter-certified vineyards and tastings of the Loureiro, Vinhão and Phaunus pet-nat range.
Tasting: Biodynamic vineyard walk, cellar visit and Loureiro plus Phaunus pet-nat tasting
The Guedes family's Penafiel estate combines romantic 19th-century gardens with a working Vinho Verde cellar, with tiered tastings that move from the Casal Garcia commercial range up to the Solos de Granito single-soil Alvarinho.
Tasting: Historic-garden tour, cellar visit and tiered Vinho Verde plus Aveleda Alvarinho flights