Portugal
Live from Wine Memories
Main wine regions
Places to visit
All 73 places Wine shop · Funchal Pereira D'Oliveira Museum · Peso da Régua Peso da Régua Wine Museum Winery · Vila Nova de Gaia Port Wine Lodges of Gaia Winery · Vila Nova de Gaia Taylor's Port Wine Cellars - Self-Guided Journey Winery Aphros Wine School Blandy's Winery · Évora Cartuxa Winery - Home of Pêra-Manca Winery Colares Sand Dune Wines Archaeological site · Conímbriga Conímbriga Roman Ruins
Wine trails
10 stops · 1-2 weeks Lusitania Legacy Lusitania was the western edge of Rome's wine world. The Tagus and Douro rivers served as highways for wine transport. This trail connects Roman temples in Évora to the world's first wine appellation in the Douro, where Port wine continues traditions millennia old. 7 stops · 1 week Porto & Douro Tin Route Trail 6 stops · 4 days Alentejo: The Last Frontier Portugal produces 50% of the world's cork. The Alentejo is where that cork grows, and where winemakers still ferment wine in 2,000-year-old clay amphorae called talhas - the same method Romans used. You'll taste Pêra-Manca (€350/bottle, voted "world's best wine" by Vivino's 54 million users), eat at a Michelin-starred winery restaurant, and end at Monsaraz - the medieval village that won "Portugal's Most Beautiful Monument Village" in 2017, overlooking Europe's largest artificial lake. 6 stops · 4 days Olisipo & Lisbon Trail Discover Lisbon's Phoenician roots from hilltop castles to Atlantic-facing monasteries. From the oldest Phoenician inscription in Iberia to century-old Moscatels, this trail connects ancient Olisipo with Portugal's wine legacy in the Setúbal Peninsula. 5 stops · 1 week Azores: Pico Volcanic Vineyards The most alien vineyard landscape on Earth. Since the 15th century, settlers built 987 hectares of stone walls from loose basalt rock to create "currais" - tiny plots that protect vines from Atlantic storms while trapping heat from black volcanic rock. UNESCO protected this in 2004. The cooperative founded in 1949 by 270 growers rescued the vineyards from extinction, and today their Verdelho - a grape that once fetched Russian czar prices - has VLQPRD protected status. All this 1,000 miles from mainland Portugal, with Mount Pico (2,351m, Portugal's highest peak) looming behind. 5 stops · 4 days Madeira: The Immortal Wine These are the only wines on Earth that genuinely improve for 200+ years. In 1794, someone figured out that heating wine in hot rooms mimicked the equator-crossing voyages that made Madeira famous - and accidentally created liquid immortality. You'll taste wines older than your great-grandparents, walk where Churchill painted on January 8, 1950, and understand why Thomas Jefferson served Madeira at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 5 stops · 2 days The Port Passage In 1678, English merchants first shipped wine under the name "Port" from this riverfront. The Methuen Treaty of 1703 gave Portuguese wines tax advantages over French, and an entire industry was born. The Marquis of Pombal drew the Douro boundaries in 1756 with 300 stone posts - making it the world's third oldest protected wine region after Chianti (1716) and Tokaj (1730). Today, 60+ lodges line Vila Nova de Gaia, aging millions of liters in cool granite cellars. This is the capital of one of wine's great inventions. 4 stops · 4 days Algarve Atlantic Coast Trail 4 stops · 4 days Atlantic Coast Trail - Algarve Explore Algarve's hidden Phoenician heritage from hilltop fortresses to urban sanctuaries. From Castro Marim's border fortress to boutique wineries reviving ancient terroir, this trail reveals Portugal's Phoenician foundations beyond the beaches.
Things to do
Douro · 14
All about Douro
- Douro Valley River CruiseAdventure
- Douro Valley UNESCO Landscape - River CruiseTour
- Fonseca & AlternativesTasting
- Gaia: Rabelo Sails, Black Roofs and Wellesley's HillTour
- Graham's Port Lodge - The 1890 Lodge ExperienceTasting
- Niepoort - Artisan Port & Douro PioneerTasting
- Peso da Régua Wine MuseumTour
- Port Wine Lodges of GaiaTour
- Quinta de Napoles - Niepoort's Douro EstateTasting
- Quinta do Vallado: The Ferreira Quinta on the CorgoTasting
- Ramos PintoTasting
- Sandeman Port LodgeTasting
- Taylor's Port LodgeTasting
- Taylor's Port Wine Cellars - Self-Guided JourneyTasting
Setubal Peninsula · 10
All about Setubal Peninsula
- Arrábida — Limestone Cliffs, Roman Ruins & Moscatel VineyardsAdventure
- Azeitão — Portugal's First Bottled Wine & Royal Palace CellarsTour
- Caparica Beach Wine CrawlTasting
- Festa das Vindimas PalmelaFestival
- Festa das Vindimas PalmelaFestival
- Jose Maria da Fonseca - Portugal's Oldest Table Wine ProducerTasting
- Quinta da Bacalhoa - Renaissance Palace & VineyardsTasting
- Quinta do Piloto - Traditional Winemaking in PalmelaTasting
- Roman Ruins of Troia - Ancient Fish IndustryTour
- Sunset Moscatel & Phoenician DreamsTasting