Each week they have a selection of wines from different regions of Portugal for the public to taste. So it is a bit like a lucky dip but with great wine! “Ainda melhor”, as the locals say.
It is a wonderful space that also contains a small museum dedicated to the history of wine production in Portugal and some interactive exhibits.
There are 100′s of spectacular Portuguese wines available (in Portugal) and this is the perfect opportunity to decide which ones to take back home with you. The staff there are great to chat too and you should come away with an expanded knowledge of local grapes and probably purple lips too.
As you’d expect in a place that gives away free alcohol, there are some characters that visit who are more interested in quantity than quality. As it is a fairly upmarket establishment they are hard to spot. Sometimes however they like to strike up a conversation in order to make their cover seem more plausible. Quite often this ploy backfires and soon you realise that they are not a film director, artist or eccentric professor as you originally thought. But don’t be deterred, it is all part of the fun and seeing the deftness with which they top up their glasses while the staff’s backs are turned is worth a visit in itself.
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Vini Portugal | Wine tasting
Sala Ogival de Lisboa
Terreiro do Paço
1100-148 Lisboa
Mobile: +351 916 606 576
Tel.: +351 213 420 690
Closes on Monday, Holidays and for Private Events