Alentejo

In 16th-century Jesuit cellars beside a Carthusian monastery — the house of Pêra-Manca, Alentejo's most coveted red.

The José de Mello family estate, with a carriage museum and precision-farmed vineyards north of Évora.

Organic pioneer with talha amphora wines, a medieval tower and one of Portugal's finest winery restaurants.

A fifth-generation family house near Monsaraz, famed for 'Água' wines aged underwater in the Alqueva lake.

A 200-year-old farm village restored by Souto de Moura into one of Europe's most celebrated rural hotels, with its own wines.

Foot-trodden Alicante Bouschet in stone lagares — a family-held cult estate whose Tonel 3-4 is legendary.

Miguel Louro's tiny, uncompromising estate whose marble-soil reds are hunted by collectors across Europe.

A white Álvaro Siza Vieira winery rising from the plains near the Spanish border, created by the Delta coffee family.

A baroque azulejo manor once partnered with Lafite Rothschild — a pioneer of fine Alentejo red.

A minimalist white-concrete winery on the plains of Vidigueira, champion of the revival of talha amphora wine.

A Relais & Châteaux country house on 450 hectares, with horse riding, a celebrated restaurant and its own organic wines.

A 700-hectare country estate with a rural hotel, lake, horses and a farm-to-table kitchen around its vineyards.

A 1,600-hectare country estate by the Guadiana with a wine hotel, horse riding and safari-style vineyard drives.