The Best Wine Bars in Porto

Wine Quay Bar is the best wine bar in Porto, with the best view — the Douro from the Ribeira quay. Porto is a wine city, but the good drinking isn't in the port lodges. These are the rooms I keep going back to — for Portuguese bottles, natural wine, and no pretence.

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Aguardente

📍 Porto

You need to try an aged aguardente here - it's basically Portuguese brandy. I find them tastier than any French brandy. Stronger than it looks though!

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Atman Speakeasy

📍 City Centre, Porto

Get the password to go to this speakeasy. Their menu is divided into Mind, Body and Soul. They put effort into crafting cocktails that will delight and surprise.

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Beyond Port - Pick Portuguese Wine

📍 Porto

Portugal makes incredible wine besides Port. Douro kills it with reds and whites. For vinho verde, Soalheiro is solid, but Élio Lara View is next level. Douro reds? Can't go wrong - compare a 20€ vs 70€ bottle. Dão does lighter reds (think Burgundy). Want bubbles? Bairrada espumante.

Gota a Gota Winehouse

📍 City Centre, Porto

My go-to wine shop. Amazing value, and ask for recommendations: they are almost always excellent quality for the money.

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Graham's

📍 Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto

The Port tour to do. They explain it properly, and the tasting room looks across the river to Porto. Your introduction to Port.

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Poças

📍 Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto

Best value in Port. A smaller house that focuses on vintage and colheita. Vintage is the ruby style that gets better with age; colheita is a tawny from a single year.

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Port Wine 101

📍 Porto

Can't leave Porto without trying Port. Ruby vs Tawny - learn the difference. LBV isn't Vintage Port (don't be fooled). Tawny ages are averages, and won't improve in your cellar. But real Vintage Port and Colheita? They age beautifully. Find out if your birth year was good enough for Vintage - if not, there's always Colheita.

Wine Quay Bar

📍 Ribeira, Porto
Wine Quay Bar — Porto

The best wine bar in Porto, with the best view: the Douro from the Ribeira quay. The owner's family has lived in this building for generations, and it shows in how the place is run. Fantastic wine choices, and ask for the mãozinhos — pure collagen.

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Common questions

What is the best wine bar in Porto?

Wine Quay Bar, on the Ribeira quay, with the best view of the Douro. The owner's family has lived in the building for generations. Ask for the mãozinhos.

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