The 10 Best Food & Drink in Porto District, Northern Portugal

Super Bock House of Beer is a truly unique space located at the Super Bock Group Production Plant in Leca do Balio. Set in a sophisticated environment given its modern and innovative architecture, this tour allows the visitor to discover the complete beer brewing process, starting with the raw materials and wort production, passing through the fermentation process, and finishing in the bottle filling lines. This is also a unique opportunity to get to know some of the most remarkable moments, stories and curiosities about Super Bock’s History. The tour itself ends in a beer tasting and food pairing moment, with two different Super Bock Seleccao 1927 styles of beer.

Pocas lies in the hands of the 3rd and 4th generation, being one of the very few Port Wine company that was born Portuguese and still belongs to the same Portuguese family. The Old Tawny Ports have built Pocas’ reputation but DOC Douro wines have been proving their own quality over the last 30 years. Recently, Pocas received the award of “Fortified wine producer of the year 2018” by the Portuguese magazine “Revista de Vinhos”. Additionally, welcoming about 28 000 visitors per year, our Visitor Center has been also distinguished with the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence. We have plenty of different reasons for inviting you to be part of a true family atmosphere, to feel the unforgettable aroma of the noblest wines, and to see up close a real day-to-day cellar routine.

Looking at the Quinta da Lixa is to understand the outcome of a passion that the Meireles family has always nurtured. The Quinta da Lixa is a living testament to the passion that the Meireles family has always had for Vinho Verde.

Vasques de Carvalho Brand House, located in the cellars area, aims to offer to the customers the chance to know the Port Wine with a different approach from the traditional cellar. We propose tastings in a pedagogic perspective, directed to a public interested in the Port Wine theme and its specificity, in a space designed for small groups, with sophisticated and quiet athmospheres, and also a garden, where each client may have a customized and exclusive service.

A boutique family-owned vineyard that produces Vinho Verde DOC and is open for wine tasting and to show the vineyard, winery, and the farm.

Taylor’s, accepted by most wine authorities to be the greatest of all port shippers, invites you to a pleasant and informative tour of its famous lodges at Vila Nova de Gaia. During the tour the visitor will be given the opportunity to learn about the fascinating history of Port wine, as well as that of the House of Taylor Fladgate making it one of the oldest Port companies.