Comida Independente in Lisbon's Santos: half wine bar, half grocery from independent Portuguese growers, with sourdough sandwiches at lunch.
Food program: Sourdough sandwiches and rotating small plates
Address: Avenida Dom Carlos I 41, 1200-647 Lisboa, Lisbon
Vino Vero in Lisbon's Cais do Sodre: a Venetian-import natural-wine bar pouring boutique Italian and Portuguese growers, no booking, no reservation.
Signature pour: Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Etna rosso
Wine focus: Natural and biodynamic Italian and Portuguese
Food: Italian charcuterie, cheese and crostini
The Old Pharmacy in Bairro Alto, Lisbon: a former apothecary on Rua do Diario de Noticias pouring small Portuguese producers, charcuterie boards alongside.
Signature pour: Quinta do Crasto Douro tinto
Wine focus: Portuguese small producers, all regions
Food: Portuguese cheese and charcuterie boards
Black Sheep Lisboa on Praca das Flores: a natural-wine bar from a Brazilian wine-geek duo pouring small biodynamic and low-intervention Portuguese producers.
Signature pour: Anselmo Mendes Loureiro Alvarinho by the glass
Wine focus: Small Portuguese producers, biodynamic and natural
Food: Petiscos, charcuterie and cheese
By The Wine on Lisbon's Rua das Flores: Sogrape's tasting bar pouring its full Portuguese range glass by glass, vaulted ceiling, late hours daily.
Signature pour: Casa Ferreirinha Vinha Grande Douro tinto
Wine focus: Sogrape's full Portuguese portfolio by the glass
Food: Portuguese tapas
Wine Bar do Castelo in Lisbon's Alfama: a tasting room beside Castelo de Sao Jorge pouring 150 Portuguese wines by the glass, charcuterie alongside.
Signature pour: Niepoort 10 year tawny port
Wine focus: Portuguese regions, 150 wines by the glass
Food: Petiscos, charcuterie, cheese
Lisbon Winery in Bairro Alto: a tasting bar on Rua das Salgadeiras with vinho verde, alentejo and dao flights guided by a sommelier each evening.
Signature pour: Vinho verde flight from three producers
Wine focus: Curated Portuguese cellar with regional tastings
Food: Charcuterie, cheese and small plates
