Harvest Day at Soalheiro ★ 4.7
The Soalheiro harvest experience each August across the Cerdeira family's Alvaredo parcels, with hands-on picking, a winery tour and a Granit Alvarinho lunch in the cellar.
The Melgaço town-hall Alvarinho and smoked-meats festival each spring, with Solar do Alvarinho tastings, Soalheiro and Anselmo Mendes booths and tastings on the riverside.
Address: Praça da República, 4960-526 Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, Vinho Verde
The Soalheiro harvest experience each August across the Cerdeira family's Alvaredo parcels, with hands-on picking, a winery tour and a Granit Alvarinho lunch in the cellar.
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 Soalheiro harvest experience each August across the Cerdeira family's Alvaredo parcels, with hands-on picking, a winery tour and a Granit Alvarinho lunch in the cellar.
Vasco Croft's guided biodynamic walk through the Demeter-certified vineyards at Casa de Compostela, with cellar tasting of the Loureiro and Phaunus pet-nat range.
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.
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.