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.
Address: Lugar de Gomariz, 4810-665 Pousada, Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal, Vinho Verde
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
The 18th-century manor estate at Refoios do Lima, acquired by Esporão Group in 2019, opens its cellar for tastings of the age-worthy single-variety Loureiro and the Arinto-led Escolha.
Tasting: Estate visits, Loureiro flights and library vintages from the Esporão-managed cellar
The Madeira family's Quinta de Sanjoanne estate in Baião opens for tastings of the Avesso-led Sanjoanne range, with the warmer southeast of Vinho Verde showing in fuller, stone-fruit-driven whites.
Tasting: Single-vineyard Avesso tastings and Sanjoanne Branco flights
