Wine experiences
Explore the Douro Wine Region
What is beautiful in this world, and what excites, is to see that in the harvest of each dream, the vine is left dreaming of another adventure. And that the sweetness that is not tasted is transformed into another sweetness that is much purer and much newer.
Miguel Torga
Owner’s Bottle & Collection
The Owner’s Bottle concept allows you to bring your bottle of wine, or purchase it at The Lodge, whether you want to enjoy the whole bottle on a special occasion or just the wine by the glass whenever you visit. That way, you can taste your wines, young or aged, preserving the bottle’s contents since we apply the ‘coravin pour’ method, guaranteeing that the remaining wine will continue to age or evolve.
The Owner’s Collection concept allows you to bring and store your wine bottle collection and enjoy wine by the glass from a private collection bottle of your choice. Your collection will be stored in an exclusive space in our wine cellar, where the wines can age in ideal conditions, with temperature and humidity control, in addition to being re-corked whenever necessary.
Price upon request: Please get in touch with our Head Sommelier for further information.
Wine O’ Clock
Live the experience of a wine tasting with a producer from a Portuguese wine region.
Portugal has 14 wine regions, and in our Wine Bar, you can travel through each of them, discovering their best nectars.
Every Thursday, from 6 pm to 8 pm, our sommelier invites a producer from a Portuguese wine region to unveil wines for tasting. The wine tasting is paired with a selection of snacks prepared live by our Chef.
Price per person: 30€ – Discount offered when purchasing wines directly from the producer. | Tickets are limited to 30 people.
Afternoon Tea
Enjoy yourself with a commented afternoon tea, enhanced by the flavours of Portuguese gastronomy.
We celebrate late afternoons with our devotion to tea, enriched by Portuguese gastronomy’s most appetising flavours, both savoury and sweet.
At Afternoon Tea at The Lodge, you are greeted by our sommelier, and the pleasure of tasting the world’s most prestigious teas, listening to their stories and singularities, will be yours.
Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, a relaxing moment, from 4 pm to 6 pm, at the Wine Bar.
Price per person: 35 € | Tickets limited to a maximum of 30 people.
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Sommelier’s Table Experience
Surprise yourself with a gourmet meal in which the sommeliers and the Chef pair a six-course menu with the best wines.
Sommelier’s Table offers you a personalised experience capable of surprising the most demanding gourmands: the sommeliers and Executive Chef at The Lodge will expertly balance a selection of wines from our exceptional cellar with the creation of a 6-course menu.
Price per person: 90€ | Wines have an additional cost starting from 18€ per bottle.
Winemaker’s Dinner Series
Mingle with renowned winemakers at a dinner celebrating our gastronomic heritage.
As a wine hotel of excellence, The Lodge gives you the opportunity to enjoy a dinner with world-renowned winemakers in a lively and informal get-together.
We share with the creators of our wines, from the mainland to the islands, a passion for origins, the territory, and the singularities that make each wine unique.
We combine the innovative spirit of wine culture with our gastronomic heritage to create, just for you, dinners where the senses and emotions share the table.
Every first Friday of the month.
Price per person : from 80€ | Tickets limited to a maximum of 25 people.
Exclusive Signature Wine Dinner
Experience a vertical tasting of 5 rare wines from a single producer paired with the best of Portuguese cuisine.
Delight yourself with a tasting of 5 rare wines, carefully paired with a dinner inspired by Portuguese gastronomy, in the comfort of our Signature Suite, with the city of Porto as a backdrop.
Enjoy this exclusive vertical tasting experience, where our Head Sommelier will let you try the wine profile of a single producer over different years, witnessing the variations in natural conditions.
Notice the colour, aroma, and tactile sensations left in the mouth by each wine, characteristics that illustrate its extraordinary capacity for ageing and maturation.
Let yourself be surprised by the brilliant pairings that our specialised team will enhance the rich Portuguese gastronomic tradition with wine.
Each vertical tasting is exclusively for a maximum of 6 people.
Price per person: from 600€
Interactive Dining Experience
Tour the local markets with our Chef and take a cooking class culminating in your dinner.
Let yourself be guided by our Chef in a visit to the most iconic markets in the city, where you can browse and choose from the freshest local and seasonal produce for your meal.
At The Lodge, the Chef will teach you Portuguese cooking techniques in a cooking class where you will cook a complete 3-course menu together.
Complete the experience by tasting your menu in our restaurant, paired with wines curated by our sommeliers.
Price per person: 300€