Winery · Vinho Verde

Vinho Verde Coastal Trail

Name: Vinho Verde Coastal Trail
Address: Vinho Verde, PT

Portugal's northwest Costa Verde winds through Vinho Verde's light, floral whites sipped chilled with seafood. Ecopista rail-trail hikes pair with tastings at Quinta de Lourosa and Santa Cristina estates.

What to do there

TourVinho Verde Coastal TrailSeneca the Younger wrote about wines from this river valley. Two thousand years later, the same granite pergolas the Romans built still hold vines overhead — Alvarinho, Loureiro, and a deep purple red called Vinhão that locals refuse to export. In 1369, Deu-la-Deu Martins baked her town's last flour into bread and sent it to the besieging Castilian army as a bluff. It worked. She's buried 200 meters from the cooperative that named their flagship wine after her. Order Vinhão at any tasca in Ponte de Lima and watch the waiter's face when a foreigner asks for it.

Wineries nearby

Winery Quinta de Soalheiro Quinta de Soalheiro — Vinho Verde specialist in Minho region, producing crisp, mineral white wines since family estate founding.