Cheese Trips · PORTO CHEESE TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend heading to Porto: 4 bookings worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know first.
Explore Cálem’s active cellars and interactive museum with an English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese guide. Learn how Port is made, then compare Late Bottled Vintage, Vintage, and 20-year tawny Port with cheese and chocolate pairings.
“excellent professional and knowledgable presentation from our guide - Anastasia.”
Set sail from Marina da Afurada for a private two-hour Douro cruise. Your crew serves Douro wine, Ruby, white, and tawny Port with cheese, charcuterie, fruit, chutneys, and tapas while you pass Ribeira, Gaia, the Luis I Bridge, and Porto’s riverfront.
“Very cozy trip, super friendly crew, amazing views, everything you could ask for in a sailboat trip. Would definitely recommend.”
Meet at Patio das Marias for a 1.5-hour tasting led in English or Portuguese. You’ll sample four Portuguese cheeses, three port wines, bread, marmalade, and olive oil inside a traditional Mercearia, then visit a secret spot within the shop. Clarice may lead the tasting.
“The unique setting paired with the wine and cheese made for a wonderful tasting experience. It was a beautiful time spent in Porto.”
At Quevedo Lodge in Vila Nova de Gaia, you taste Crusted Port, 10-Year-Old Tawny, and White Colheita 2009 with three Portuguese cheeses. Guides such as Fernando, Miguel, Danny, Dima, and Ricardo explain the wines in English during this small-group, 40-minute tasting.
“The wine pairing was OK. There was a presentation about port wine and how it was made. The wine tasting included 3 fairly healthy pours of 3 types of port wine. The presentation included an explanation on how the 3 port wines differed from one another. The guide named the 3 cheeses that were in front of us. He offered his opinion on his favorite pairing; however, there was no explanation of why one might pair 1 of the cheese samples with 1 of the wine varieties. In my opinion, the explanation of “why” you might pair wine with a certain food is the purpose of a “pairing”. Although the…”
Pick a dairy, a cellar, a boat or a bench with a bowl of curd on it.
