8-Hour Dão Wine Tour from Porto with Caminhos Cruzados Tasting

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Learn about the Caminhos Cruzados wine project
• 02 Wander through the vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga
• 03 Visit the new winery, a modern and bold building opened in 2017
• 04 Explore the Dão region known as "The New Dão"

Sign up for this trip from Porto to taste wines awaiting discovery in the Dão wine region. Discover the Caminhos Cruzados wine project and the vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga, along with the new winery - a modern, bold, and incomparable building that opened in 2017. Explore Dão, a region that has gained long-sought joviality, with the Caminhos Cruzados project renamed "The New Dão" as part of its rebirth.

Discover the Caminhos Cruzados wine project and the vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga, along with the new winery - a modern, bold, and incomparable building that opened in 2017.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Viseu, Porto

Languages English, Portuguese

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Porto to Dão Wine Region and Quinta da Teixuga

• Meet your tour guide and explore the Caminhos Cruzados wine project, the vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga, and the new winery - a modern, bold, and incomparable building that opened in 2017.

• Taste their wines and discuss ideas with the wine producer. In recent years, the Dão region has acquired the long-sought joviality, with the Caminhos Cruzados project renamed "The New Dão" due to its rebirth through modern elevation.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Specialized wine tour guide (Portuguese)

• One visit to Caminhos Cruzados with wine tastings

• Game of Aromas Experience

• "Today I'm the Winemaker" Experience and lunch

Know before you go

• Dão is one of Portugal's most prominent wine regions, located just south of the famous Douro Valley, and is beginning to shine among wine lovers. The top wines from the region are some of the highest-rated in Europe and the Americas.
• As a result of this protected position, the climate along the Dão is relatively mild, stable, and consistent between vineyard sites. Naturally, this creates a homogenization of the region's terroir; whether this is a bad or good thing is open to debate.
• The finest red wines from Dão today are deep reds made from Tinta Roriz and Touriga Nacional, two of the key grapes used to make port wines. Jaen and Alfrocheiro Preto are two other common red wine grapes here, along with large quantities of lesser grapes such as the memorably entitled Bastardo and Baga.
• White wines are also produced in Dão, with the finest examples based on Encruzado, the region's most widely planted light-skinned grape variety.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Porto, Portugal

Tour start

Porto, Portugal

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.