Vindimas Aveleda Harvest Days ★ 4.5
The Aveleda harvest-day programme each September, with grape picking in the Penafiel vineyards, a treading session and a long lunch at the estate's Villa Aveleda dining room.
A garden picnic experience in the 19th-century romantic gardens at Quinta da Aveleda, with a tasting basket of Aveleda Loureiro, Alvarinho and the Solos de Granito cuvée.
Address: Rua da Aveleda 2, 4560-570 Penafiel, Porto, Portugal, Vinho Verde
The Aveleda harvest-day programme each September, with grape picking in the Penafiel vineyards, a treading session and a long lunch at the estate's Villa Aveleda dining room.
The 15th-century Feiras Novas of Ponte de Lima each September, with three days of processions, bullfights and Vinho Verde wine stalls along the Lima riverside alameda.
The Melgaço Câmara Municipal Alvarinho-by-bike route along the Minho river ecopista, with three estate stops mapped from Solar do Alvarinho to Soalheiro and Reguengo.
The Aveleda harvest-day programme each September, with grape picking in the Penafiel vineyards, a treading session and a long lunch at the estate's Villa Aveleda dining room.
The CVRVV's Viana do Castelo Vinho Verde Fest each summer, with producer booths along the riverside esplanade, masterclasses on Loureiro and Alvarinho and a tasting passport.
A guided Vinhão tinto verde tasting in central Amarante, with the deeply coloured red poured from white porcelain malgas alongside the local rojões and lamprey rice.
A guided cross-border tasting from Monção over the Minho to Salvaterra de Miño in Galicia, comparing Portuguese Alvarinho with Spanish Albariño on either side of the river.