A Viana do Castelo wine bar near the castle ramparts pouring a Vinho Verde-led list that compares Loureiro, Alvarinho and the local Vinhão tinto from the porcelain cups.
The list: Vinho Verde-led list with Loureiro from Lima, Alvarinho from Monção e Melgaço and Cávado Pedernã pours by the glass
Address: Largo de João Tomás da Costa 14, 4900-466 Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Vinho Verde
A wine bar a few streets from the Ponte de Lima river bridge pouring the Lima sub-region's Loureiro alongside neighbouring Alvarinho and the local Vinhão tinto from white porcelain cups.
The list: Lima sub-region Loureiro by the glass alongside neighbouring Alvarinho and Vinhão from porcelain malgas
Pours: Loureiro Lima, Vinhão tinto verde, Quinta do Ameal Loureiro
A French-Portuguese run wine bar in Porto's Ribeira specialising in independent Port houses, with a rotating Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro flight from small Minho producers.
The list: Independent Port and northern Portugal list with rotating Vinho Verde flights and small-producer Alvarinho pours
Pours: Independent Port, Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Loureiro
The municipal Alvarinho house in central Melgaço doubles as a single-grape tasting bar pouring the major Melgaço producers side by side, run by the Câmara Municipal under the Rota do Alvarinho.
The list: Alvarinho-only tasting bar inside the municipal Solar do Alvarinho, pouring Soalheiro, Anselmo Mendes and Reguengo cuvées
Pours: Soalheiro Alvarinho, Anselmo Mendes Muros de Melgaço, Reguengo de Melgaço
A Ribeira riverside wine bar and restaurant with a Portuguese-only list weighted to Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Loureiro and Douro reds, served on the Cais da Ribeira terrace.
The list: Portuguese-led list with Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Loureiro and Douro reds poured against a Cais da Ribeira terrace
Pours: Alvarinho, Loureiro, Douro DOC
A wine bar in a former private chapel near Porto's Carregal gardens, with a Portuguese-led list that leans on Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro alongside Douro reds.
The list: By-the-glass Portuguese list anchored in Minho whites and Douro reds, served in a deconsecrated 19th-century chapel
Pours: Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Loureiro from Lima, Douro DOC reds
A Ribeira terrace overlooking the Douro and the Gaia lodges, with a Portuguese-only by-the-glass list that gives Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro top billing alongside Douro reds.
The list: Portuguese-only list spanning Vinho Verde, Douro, Dão and Alentejo, with Loureiro and Alvarinho flights against the Douro view
Pours: Alvarinho from Monção e Melgaço, Loureiro from Lima, Douro reds
