City: Central Portugal
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1. Casa Santos Lima
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 28 reviews
Casa Santos Lima is a family owned company dedicated to the production, bottling and selling of Portuguese wines. The company is present directly or indirectly in the regions of Lisboa, Algarve, Alentejo, Vinho Verde and Douro. This way and from around 600 hectares of vineyards, it produces wines known for their excellent quality/price ratio and exports around 90% of its total production to close to 50 countries in all 5 continents. Casa Santos Lima is also the largest producer of “Vinho Regional Lisboa” and “DOC Alenquer” and in the past years has been one of the most awarded Portuguese wineries in major national and international wine competitions.
Reviewed By MarisaH202 - Philadelphia, United States
We booked a visit here via email on their website. They got back to us in less than a day and we made a reservation for a buggy tour of the vineyards, tour of the working winery, and a tasting of five reserve wines. Our tour guide was great and we really enjoyed her tour. She selected five wines based on what we told her our tastes were and she was right on. We bought five bottles of wine--three of which we had in our tasting. The wine here is cheaper than at most bottle shops or markets in Lisbon and you get to go home with some fantastic wines. Highly recommended. Make sure you eat lunch before hand, though they do bring you large bowls of nuts and crackers to snack on during your tasting. There was a private company catered event here, so I believe that's an option if you arrange it. The views from the winery are fantastic. We rented a car and made the drive from Lisbon. FYI-The rental car GPS couldn't find the address, because the village is so small. You'll want to use a smartphone, since it's easy to get loss. Other than booking a car, I think a private chauffeured tour is the only way to get there. Totally worth it for us.
2. Quinta do Vale Meao
3. Companhia Agricola do Sanguinhal
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
4. Cortem Winery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 38 reviews
We are a boutique winery making organic wines set in wonderful countryside just out of Caldas da Rainha. We do winetastings with tapas, and wine sales direct from our cellar or we ship to you anywhere in Europe. Our wine tastings are famous for good food, good wine and fun! Our wines are made without aging in oak barrels so one can taste the flavour of the grape and our Terroir. We also offer summer accomodation in our apartment, which is registered with the Portuguese Tourist board under 11178/AL
Reviewed By Extraordinary737321 - Lima, Peru
It is well worth the trip to find this delightful winery perched on the hill, looking down into the valleys that produce their grapes. The hosts are welcoming and incredibly knowledgable, their award-winning wine is delicious, and they treated us to a wonderful tour and tasting. We neglected to phone ahead and book (which we should have) so our visit was a surprise and we barged in on their work. Call ahead to be more polite than were, and enjoy a real treat.
5. The Best Portugal
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 344 reviews
Wine Stories & Tours That You'll Never Forget! The best way to find portuguese little hidden treasures. ''You can't buy Happiness, but you can book a Wine Tour. And that's kind of the same thing.'' We believe that providing the best tailor made experiences is about creating a momentum for good memories, the best memories! And thats why, based on our experience we have carefully crafted tour itineraries that you'll love to live.
Reviewed By marsham882
We did back to back private tours with Armando and they were the highlight of a two week trip. The excursion to Alentejo was absolutely amazing! Armando picked out three totally different wineries and each was magnificent. He was so easy to work with, very knowledgeable on wines and accommodating to all our desires. We started up in northern Alentejo and visited two vineyards with incredible wines, we then stopped for a handpicked lunch in an actual castle followed by an afternoon discovering the Roman ruins village of Evora with a stop at yet another wonderful winery in town. The following day we visited Castle de Pena and Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, he was so knowledgeable about the history and led us to the highlights of each. We then had a marvelous seafood lunch right on the ocean! We highly recommend Armando and The Best Portugal, it is a must when visiting Lisbon!!
6. Quinta do Sanguinhal
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 84 reviews
Tour and wine tasting. Visit a XIX century estate, it's gardens and vineyards, as well as an old pressing-room, distillery and ageing cellar. Lunch and dinner can be included, depending on the numer of participants (min 20). Visits must always be scheduled in advance. Here some fix visit times for your visit: 10:00 12:00 15:00 17:00
Reviewed By Tamitka - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We booked the tour via airbnb and it included transport, wine tour with wine tasting. It was great! we got explanation about everything we asked about wines but also grapes and how the grow. We really enjoyed it!
7. Quinta das Carrafouchas
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 30 reviews
24-hr check-in for availability Farmhouse XVII sec. Farm holidays during the invasions of Junot francesas.Produtora wine since 1952.A fifth of the demarcated region lisbon closer to the city center. Currently receives groups of people to visit the historical heritage, the vineyard and wine tasting. It also supports tagging lunches or dinners marked in advance.
8. Adega Viuva Gomes
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Adega Viuva Gomes is located in Almocageme, Colares, on a 1808 building. Besides our wine passion, Enotourism is one of our main activities. Concerning vinic events, we offer wine tastes, wine courses, meals and a diversity of activities, such as botteling events for our visitors. The cellar can also host exhibitions, receptions and other especial events.
Reviewed By gkfld - Bergen, Norway
A great tour of a very good vinery - Diogo is the perfect host - not only talking about Colqares, but is very enthusiastic and informative of winw in Portugal as a whole. The tasting is generous and gives an insight of the different styles they make. A bit expensive at 20 Euros, but still very much recommended.
9. Quinta de Sant'Ana
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 69 reviews
Quinta de Sant’Ana is a stunningly beautiful, family-run property, just 30 minutes drive from Lisbon. A unique micro climate of cool nights, misty mornings and hot afternoons, result in fresh mineral white wines and elegant complex reds. Owners James and Ann Frost live on the estate with their seven boys and welcome visitors who wish to taste their wines. Winemaker: Antonio Macanita.
Reviewed By Denatracy
We cannot thank our wedding coordinator Alex and all the staff at Quinta de Sant'Ana enough for making our wedding day so incredibly fantastic. It was like a fairytale dream come true!! The venue itself is literally mind-blowingly beautiful, the food is out of this world and the wine, well, magnificent. All our guests were blown away by the beauty of the venue and level of service they received on the day. John and I cannot thank you enough for how well you looked after us and everyone else. You will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we cannot wait to plan a family reunion to be there again. Thank you so much for giving us the best day we could have ever dreamed of and more!! Dena and John xxx (3/8/19)
10. Quinta dos Capuchos
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 16 reviews
With generations of tradition in wine production, the winery Quinta dos Capuchos integrates an older building (1916), which together with a part of the Quinta de Santa Thereza was purchased (in 1925) for a great-grandfather of the current owners. In the older building with mills 1933, 1962 and 2015 use a traditional registration (fermentation open tank with feet action), for the production of the top red wines. The grapes are harvested by hand (with carefully selected in the vineyard), transported in small containers and then transported to the winery, having to arrive intact and in perfect condition (grapes that could serve to eat in the cellar).We do wine touristic visits to the vineyards and cave, as well as some events like corporate events or lunch (minimum 20 persons). We are a small wine company that loves receiving its guests and clients and sharing knowledge and endogenous experiences. For our guests that stay at Casa Velha or Casa da Adega, we basic breakfast ingredient.
Reviewed By livininparadise_13 - Shelby Township, United States
.y wife and I needed something to do on our rained out beach day, so we decided on going out for a wine tasting. We had our hotel call and set up the tasting. We were the only 2 in and got vip treatment. We were taken around the entire facility and shown their wine making process from start to finish including crushing, vats, cellars and the wine stomping vats. We would like to return one day and participate in the wine stomping. We learned the difference between naturally made corks vs. the ones made from cork pieces and glue. We tried 4 wines served with different appetizers. The wines were very well made, exhibited great structure, with wonderful noses and taste. All at very reasonable pricing. Our host wanted to make the tasting a personal experience vs. other mass tastings in other more popular locations. He succeeded. The tour was great with no pressure to buy anything. We were there for about 2 1/2 hours. I do not know if that was normal.
