Leave the Tourists behind with a Tour of Cockburn's Cellars with Barrel Makers - We were so happy we chose to book a tour of Cockburn's Cellars. Walking just a little further past the other Port Cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia allowed us to escape the many tourists and actually get to see Barrel Makers during our tour. Cockburn's is the largest wooden Port Cellar in Gaia and the only one with Barrel Makers. We chose a 1-1/2 hour English Speaking Tour and Tasting of 3 Port Wines in the special John Smith's Room. We had a very informative tourguide. It was exciting to get to see stored bottles of Port from as long ago as 1861! Before your tour we would recommend trying their Delicious Special Reserve Port Ice Cream.

Best tour guide ever - Manwell was the best. He was so informative, knowledgeable and passionate about the product and its history. His knowledges and enthusiasm was contagious.

Great experience for intro to Port - Excellent visit - informative tour, great tasting and very nice hosts. Manuel was very engaging and provided a wealth of knowledge about Port wines and Cockburn’s specifically. Highly recommend!

Visit + Tasting - Excellent explanations as well as outstanding views of the caves and casks. Very friendly guide (Filipe) and amazing tastings even for proficient Porto amateurs

Tours to do - Interesting visit, the Guide in Italian good, prepared and engaging. The winery tour is the next tasting are definitely experiences to do if you visit the Porto civilization.

Great time! - A tour guide on the free walking tour suggested Cockburns along with 3 other port cellars. This one worked out best timewise and we were glad we went. Our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We learned about port and enjoyed it. We caught the bus back to Porto just outside of the winery. The Port is very good also! I recommend it!

Maravillosa - It was wonderful, we really liked the tasting we chose the classic, we fell in love with wine....

Great Port wine & cheese tasting tour - Excellent tour led by Igor - extremely knowledgable host. I would thoroughly recommend the cheese and port tasting tour.

Tour & tasting - Fun guide (Isa), interesting tour, being able to see the coopers at work is a plus, delicious tawny port. We liked the 20 years old best.

Just an OK tour - I didn't find the tour very interesting, although I did learn something about how port wine is made. The tour is touted as 1 1/2 hours, but the tour is actually only about 1 hour and the remaining 1/2 hr. is the taste testing. The entry price is fair if you get the basic tasting.