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
Address: Cais da Estiva 111-112, 4050-243 Porto, Portugal, Vinho Verde
Sommelier Diogo Amado's jazz-lit room near Palácio da Bolsa runs a wide-ranging Portuguese by-the-glass list with Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro alongside Douro reds.
The list: Sommelier-curated Portuguese list with Alvarinho and Loureiro by the glass alongside Douro, Dão and Alentejo pours
Pours: Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Douro DOC reds, White Port spritz
The century-old garrafeira near Porto's Carmo church added a tasting counter for guided flights through the Port and Douro back-vintages, with Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro on the rotating by-the-glass list.
The list: Century-old garrafeira list with deep Port and Douro back-vintages alongside a rotating Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro selection
Pours: Vintage Port, Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Douro reds
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
Sommelier Diogo Amado's jazz-lit room near Palácio da Bolsa runs a wide-ranging Portuguese by-the-glass list with Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro alongside Douro reds.
The list: Sommelier-curated Portuguese list with Alvarinho and Loureiro by the glass alongside Douro, Dão and Alentejo pours
Pours: Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Douro DOC reds, White Port spritz
The century-old garrafeira near Porto's Carmo church added a tasting counter for guided flights through the Port and Douro back-vintages, with Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro on the rotating by-the-glass list.
The list: Century-old garrafeira list with deep Port and Douro back-vintages alongside a rotating Vinho Verde Alvarinho and Loureiro selection
Pours: Vintage Port, Vinho Verde Alvarinho, Douro reds
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
Pours: Loureiro Lima, Alvarinho Monção, Vinhão tinto 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
