Wine country · SHOW
Good winery shows fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 4 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Visit Cálem’s cellars with an English-speaking guide, learn how port is made, then taste a white port and special reserve during a 45-minute Fado performance. Guides such as Nikita and Felipe have been praised for keeping the short tour lively, though large groups can make listening harder.
“Great and enthusiastic tour guide. Really interesting and fado was beautiful”
Start at 6pm with a small-group tour of Fonseca’s cellars, where you learn how Port travels from the Douro Valley to the bottle. Taste Bin 27 and Siroco during a live Fado performance, then add a three-course Portuguese dinner at WOW Porto.
“Tour guide was so informative. Fado show with port tasting in the dark was incredible.”
Start at Cálem in Vila Nova de Gaia for a 30-minute museum and cellar visit, then hear male and female Fado singers with Portuguese guitar during a 45-minute show. Two Port pours, Cálem Fine White and 10-Year-Old Tawny, are served during the music.
“It was very interesting and informative. The Live Fado show was amazing and made it truly special. And the walk to there and back was lovely,”
Travel from Seville to Jerez for a bodega visit and sherry tasting, add the Royal Andalusian School horse show, then spend about two hours in Cádiz. Guides such as Petra, Manuel, and Driss have earned praise for lively commentary, though pickup and timing can be uneven.
“The sherry tasting, horse show, and the Roman ruins in Cadiz were the highlights. Easy going day trip from Sevilla. Manuel our guide was super entertaining and informative about Cadiz.”
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