18 Apr 2025
Our experience with Joao was nothing short of amazing. He was incredibly responsive from the first time we reached out to him before we left for our trip abroad. We started our first day with Joao as strangers and ended up as friends. It truly felt like we were touring with a good friend that knows the area very well. His love of his country and the wines and ports produced in the Douro Valley is evident. We spent two days with Joao. The first to Douro Valley from Porto and the second travelling to Lisbon from Porto. In the Douro Valley he first took us to a small family-owned vineyard with excellent wines which we purchased to be shipped back to the States. He then took us to a small family-owned Port maker with the most delicious port we have ever had. The owners of the two places in the Duoro Valley Joao took us to were also incredibly welcoming. Our trip from Porto to Lisbon was a long one with many stops along the way for Joao to show us some highlights of his country. Both trips were extremely reasonable in price. Even after our return to the States, Joao continued to be helpful in assisting us with wines we purchased in Portugal. We cannot recommend Joao enough.