Which restaurant on this list holds a Wine Spectator award?

The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant is the only restaurant on this list with a Wine Spectator award, a Grand Award. It is in Vila Nova de Gaia. Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes oversees 37,000 bottles across 1,600 selections, and the wine service is sommelier-led. The tasting menu uses local wines with seafood and traditional Portuguese cooking.

Which neighborhoods are the wine restaurants in?

The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant, WOW Porto, and Vinum at Graham's are in Vila Nova de Gaia. 1638 Restaurant by Nacho Manzano is in Vila Nova de Gaia riverfront. The Orangerie is in the historic centre of Vila Nova de Gaia. Those are the three neighborhoods on this list.

What wines do these restaurants pour?

1638 Restaurant by Nacho Manzano pairs Douro and Kopke Port with the meal. Vinum at Graham's puts Port and table wine at the center of the meal. The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant keeps 37,000 bottles across 1,600 selections under Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes, and its tasting menu focuses on local wines. WOW Porto holds a Star Wine List. The Orangerie has an extensive, sommelier-led list.

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Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Vila Nova de Gaia

This list holds five restaurants, and each carries an exceptional wine program. The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant, in Vila Nova de Gaia, is the Wine Spectator Grand Award restaurant here, with a cellar of 37,000 bottles across 1,600 selections run by Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes.

1638 Restaurant by Nacho Manzano, in Vila Nova de Gaia riverfront, pairs Douro and Kopke Port wines with an extensive, sommelier-led list. The Orangerie, in the historic centre of Vila Nova de Gaia, is sommelier-led and extensive, with chef Ricardo Costa cooking contemporary Portuguese and Mediterranean dishes from regional and French produce. WOW Porto, in Vila Nova de Gaia, holds a Star Wine List and gathers wine producers inside renovated Port cellars. Vinum at Graham's, in Vila Nova de Gaia, sets Port and table wine at the center of a modern Portuguese-Basque meal in the Graham's cellars.

How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.

1638 Restaurant by Nacho Manzano
Deep wine list
Nacho Manzano's tasting-menu restaurant sits atop the Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia Hotel, overlooking the Douro. The kitchen—led day-to-day by Tony Salgado—draws from Asturian and northern Portuguese traditions, weaving river-country ingredients into a degustação format of nine or eleven courses.
The Orangerie
Deep wine list
The Orangerie brings Vila Nova de Gaia’s hotel dining into a looser bistro register, with chef Ricardo Costa using regional and French produce rather than a formal tasting-menu frame. Its terrace setting above Porto and the Douro gives the meal a strong sense of place, while the à la carte format and children’s menu make it broader in use than Gaia’s more occasion-led dining rooms.
The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award · Deep wine list
Holding two Michelin stars and 94 points on La Liste 2026, The Yeatman restaurant sits inside the Yeatman Hotel on the Gaia bank of the Douro, directly across from Porto's historic waterfront. Chef Ricardo Costa runs a single evolving tasting menu anchored in traditional Portuguese gastronomy and daily-sourced seasonal produce. The wine program, managed by Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes, draws on a cellar of 37,000 bottles across 1,600 selections.
Vinum at Graham's
Deep wine list
Set within Graham's Port lodge on the Vila Nova de Gaia hillside, Vinum occupies a rare position where wine heritage and formal dining overlap. The restaurant draws on the Douro Valley's production tradition, placing Port and table wine at the centre of a meal that moves at a considered, unhurried pace. It sits at the more formal end of Gaia's dining options, with panoramic river views across to Porto's historic waterfront.
WOW Porto
Deep wine list
A vast wine-focused food court on the Gaia waterfront, Wow brings together multiple restaurants, wine producers, and chocolate shops under one roof at Rua do Choupelo 39. It operates less like a single dining destination and more like a curated district devoted to Portuguese wine culture, making it one of the Douro Valley's most accessible entry points for visitors exploring the region's vinous identity.

Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Vila Nova de Gaia

Which restaurant on this list holds a Wine Spectator award?: The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant is the only restaurant on this list with a Wine Spectator award, a Grand Award. It is in Vila Nova de Gaia. Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes oversees 37,000 bottles across 1,600 selections, and the wine service is sommelier-led. The tasting menu uses local wines with seafood and traditional Portuguese cooking.
Which neighborhoods are the wine restaurants in?: The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant, WOW Porto, and Vinum at Graham's are in Vila Nova de Gaia. 1638 Restaurant by Nacho Manzano is in Vila Nova de Gaia riverfront. The Orangerie is in the historic centre of Vila Nova de Gaia. Those are the three neighborhoods on this list.
What wines do these restaurants pour?: 1638 Restaurant by Nacho Manzano pairs Douro and Kopke Port with the meal. Vinum at Graham's puts Port and table wine at the center of the meal. The Yeatman Gastronomic Restaurant keeps 37,000 bottles across 1,600 selections under Wine Director Elisabete Fernandes, and its tasting menu focuses on local wines. WOW Porto holds a Star Wine List. The Orangerie has an extensive, sommelier-led list.