Visit the world's most welcoming cellar

The world’s most welcoming cellar

Take a one and a half hour guided tour of the largest wooden port cellar in Vila Nova de Gaia.

Learn about Cockburn’s and Port

Find out how we make and store our world-famous wine.

See coopers at work

Witness Porto’s last in-house team of coopers making and repairing our precious oak barrels.

A Selection of Tastings

Experience our delicious ports. Choose from a selection of port tasting packages.

Picnic on the Terrace

Enjoy a traditional Portuguese picnic made up of local produce (including port of course) in the tranquil surrounds of our courtyard.

Visit our shop

Browse our wide selection of ports and other locally made products available for you to buy.

Book a visit

To make your visit as comfortable and intimate as possible, we can only accept guests with reservations.
Reservations can be made online, or by contacting us by phone:
+351 913 007 950

Please note: On exceptionally busy days and during the high season we may be obliged to offer you an alternative time.

Visits, including a tasting, last approximately 1.5 hours.

If you’d prefer, you can book an online tasting experience further down the page.

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Visiting our home

A visit to our Lodge is an experience to remember.
Not least because of the quality of port you’ll be tasting there, but because it’s a real working lodge where you will you be in close proximity to thousands of oak barrels as well as vats filled with patiently ageing port.

You’re also likely to bump into some of the people who are responsible for making it, work like our team of in-house coopers – one of the last in the port trade.

Visitor information

Address

On foot:
Rua Serpa Pinto, 346
4400-307 Vila Nova de Gaia
GPS N 41º 1' 33.798", W 8º 61' 8.253"

By car:
Rua Dona Leonor de Freitas, 225
4400-123 V. N. GAIA
GPS: N 41° 7' 59.894", W 8° 37' 6.661""

Book a visit

April 1st to October 31st:
9.30 – 18.00 (last visit 17.30)

November 1st to March 31st:
9.30 – 17.30 (last visit 17.00)

The Lodge is closed on December 25th, January 1st, and two days in February [dates tbc] for staff training.

On the 24th of June the Lodge will open at 13.00. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Visit our home without leaving yours. Try our range of ports from the best seat in your home. As long as you have an internet-enabled device and a working internet connection, we’ll do the rest.

How it works

Simply fill in the Online Tasting Form below and we’ll email you a payment link. Once completed, we’ll send you your Tasting Pack.

Online tastings are only available within the EU and USA.

Price for EU: 100 €
Price for USA: 165 €

What you get

Your Tasting Pack will include:

Three bottles of port (Cockburn’s Fine White port, Cockburn’s 20 Year Old Tawny port, Cockburn’s Quinta dos Canais Vintage 2007)
A tasting mat
Wine information sheets
A USB loaded with videos and additional information
A voucher for a guided tour and tasting for two people at Cockburn’s Port Lodge which is valid for a year