Our tour was enjoyable but so many things went wrong. First, they told us that though our voucher said we had a port tasting first thing, plus the winery tasting in the afternoon it wasn’t included and we had to pay more. We chose not to and had to wander around the town killing time until lunch. Then the bus had issues and we had to trade buses with less legroom and a large crack in the windshield on the drivers side.. Voucher said including bottle of water was included. No, guide said you must pay for that water on bus. Finally on the way home during a rain storm the windshield wipers stopped working. We had to pull over multiple times for guide to try and wipe windshield. Driver was really stressed and we had to drive slowly so we didn’t hit anything because he couldn’t see and it was dark. Literally prayed that we made it back safely. Very stressful return. This company had a good guide and driver but major equipment issues.

This was an incredible tour. We really got our moneys worth. Got to go to 2 wineries with tours and lots of tastings and had an incredible 3 course locally sourced lunch with bottomless wine. And after all that got to go on a boat tour with even more wine. It was the highlight of our vacation. The tour guide was fantastic I think his name was Evo.

Overall, we enjoyed the tour. Ricardo was an engaging guide and we liked that the tour group was kept small. We visited 3 Quintas (Quinta de Marrocos, Quinta da Roeda and Quinta do Seixo) - all very highly rated and Roeda and Seixo had fantastic views. We also had an hour long boat tour and a very good lunch. This may not be the norm as the tour company had to adjust the itinerary due to bad storms in the previous week that cleared up sufficiently. We felt that the tastings were a bit lacking for the price we paid as they were in the lower ranges of Rubys and Tawnys (no LBVs, aged Tawnys or Colheitas). Providing a taste of the better ports would probably translate to more purchases at the cellar shops, especially given the quality of the estates we had visited. We would recommend this tour to others, but would suggest that guests actively seek out the possibility of tasting better ports (potentially topping up yourself) to make the most of the tour.