Setúbal Wine Tour: 2 Wineries & Moscatel Tasting from Lisbon

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 16

LanguagesEN · PT +1

PickupAt your hotel

Two centuries of Portuguese wine, 40 minutes from Lisbon

You visit two established wineries south of Lisbon, taste 6 to 7 wines including the region's signature Moscatel Roxo de Setúbal, and learn the history of the families and traditions behind them. Transport, guide, and tastings are included; the whole day takes about four to five hours from pickup to return.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit and taste wines at Setúbal wineries

Travel from Lisbon to Setúbal region
Visit José Maria da Fonseca winery
Learn winery history and traditions
Taste 6 to 7 different wines
Visit Bacalhôa Vinhos de Portugal winery
Explore modern and traditional cellar areas
Taste wines at Bacalhôa winery

The Experience

You're in Lisbon with an afternoon free, and the idea of sitting in another café doesn't quite land. Forty minutes south, the Setúbal Peninsula holds something different — two working wineries where you taste what Portugal has been making since before most countries had a wine industry. The Setúbal wine tour takes you there with a driver and a guide, so you don't navigate the roads yourself or try to figure out which winery is which. You visit two estates, taste 6 to 7 wines across both stops, and come back to the city before dinner.

The first stop is usually José Maria da Fonseca, a family operation that's been fermenting wine since 1834. Walking through their cellars, you see the scale of it — thousands of bottles, rows of barrels, the whole infrastructure of a business that's been doing this for almost two centuries. The guide explains the history, the families behind it, and then you taste. The second winery shifts the mood entirely. Bacalhôa Wines of Portugal moved to Azeitão in 1997 into a building designed by architect António d'Avillez — a hexagon of glass and steel that looks nothing like a traditional cellar but somehow works. Inside, the contrast is stark: all that modern design wrapping around the actual wine-making, the barrels and the bottles. You taste again here, and somewhere in those 6 or 7 wines is the Moscatel Roxo de Setúbal, the wine this region is known for — sweet, dense, nothing like what you'd expect if you've only drunk Portuguese reds.

The air-conditioned vehicle means you're not sweating between stops on a warm afternoon. Bottled water is on board. If you want to buy a bottle or two directly from the winery stores, you can — no markup, no middleman. The guide talks through what you're tasting, but it's not a lecture. It's the kind of afternoon where you learn something without feeling like you're in school, and you leave with a clearer sense of why Portuguese wine matters and what makes Setúbal different from the rest of the country.

What’s included

Air-conditioned transport from Lisbon, visits to two local wineries, tastings of 6 to 7 wines including Moscatel Roxo de Setúbal, a guide, bottled water, and the option to purchase wine directly from the winery stores.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats available

Operated by LRS, Private tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to understand Portuguese wine without spending a full day traveling — the fixed route and included transport mean you taste at two serious producers and still have the evening free in Lisbon.