Rota do Vinho do Dão
Solar do Vinho do Dão
Rua Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Fontelo - Apartado 10
3501-908 Viseu
tel.: (+351) 232 410 060
fax: (+351) 232 410 065
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Rota do Vinho do Dão - Gabinete de Apoio (Viseu)
Adega Cooperativa de Mangualde (Mangualde)
Adega Coop. de Nogueira do Cravo (Oliv. do Hospital)
Adega Cooperativa de Penalva do Castelo (Penalva do Castelo)
Adega Cooperativa de Vila Nova de Tázem (Vila Nova de Tázem)
Casa Agrícola Cardoso de Menezes (Penalva do Castelo)
Casa da Ínsua (Penalva do Castelo)
Casa da Passarela (Lagarinhos)
Casa da Peneirada (Sta. Comba Dão)
Casa Grande de Loureiro (Tábua)
Cooperativa Agrícola de Nelas (Nelas)
Quinta da Alameda (Santar)
Quinta da Bica (Seia)
Quinta da Boavista (Penalva do Castelo)
Quinta da Espinhosa (Vila Nova de Tázem)
Quinta da Taboadela (Sátão)
Quinta de Turquide (Viseu)
Quinta de Cabriz (Carregal do Sal)
Qta. de Saes/Qta. da Pelhada (Pinhanços)
Quinta de Sto. António do Serrado (Nelas)
Quinta do Cerrado (Carregal do Sal)
Quinta do Espadanal (Tábua)
Quinta do Giestal (Viseu)
Quinta do Loureiro (Viseu)
Quinta do Penedo dos Mouros (Tondela)
Quinta do Perdigão (Viseu)
Quinta dos Carvalhais (Mangualde)
Quinta dos Merouços (Tondela)
Quinta dos Roques (Cunha Baixa)
Soc. Agrícola Boas Quintas, Lda (Mortágua)
Soc. Agrícola Castro Pena Alba, Lda (Penalva do Castelo)
Soc. Agrícola de Santar, S.A.(Santar)
Soc. Agro-Pecuária da Quinta de Darei, Lda (Mangualde)
União das Adegas Coop. do Dão (Viseu)
Pousada do Convento do Desagravo – With a backdrop of the Estrela and Açor mountain ranges, this pousada in Vila Pouca da Beira, which dates back to the 18th century, has received a number of awards for good regional cuisine. A famous dish from its menu is “fried farinheira sausage with spare rib chunks and poached egg”, a lengthy yet self-explanatory title. Equally suggestive is “trout sautéed with almonds” and “Pudding á la Oliveira do Hospital”. There is a good wine list and prices range around €15 to €25.
Calçada do Convento, Vila Pouca da Beira, Oliveira do Hospital
Open all year
Tel: 00351 238670080
O Cortiço – One of the most famed restaurants in the Beira provinces. The menu is replete with oddly-named yet descriptive dishes: “rabbit, drunk for three days”, “beans with everything like the Abbot’s maid used to make”, and “Dona Cilinha from Viseu’s roast duck”. A vast range of local produce prepared the traditional way cram the menu, from a variety of cured sausage to pork ribs to desserts. Located right in the historic centre of town, close to the Cathedral, there is also a well-stocked cellar of Douro wines. The price per head should not exceed €25.
Rua Augusto Hilário, Viseu
Open all year
Tel: 00351 232423853
Bem Haja – A restaurant built in an old wine cellar where vestiges of its past have wisely been preserved, such as the old wine press. One of the fortes of this Nelas restaurant is the extent and quality of its appetisers, everything from salt cod with corn-bread, to oven-cooked octopus, to partridge with coffee and pork in a variety of guises. Dão wines take pride of place on the wine list. Prices around €15 to €25 per head.
Rua da Restauração, Nelas
Open all year
Tel: 00351 232944903
More suggestions:
O Júlio (Gouveia, 238498016)
O Camelo (Seia, 238310100)
Lá em Casa (Gouveia, 238491983)
O Albertino (Gouveia, 238745266)
Os Antónios (Nelas, 232949515)
Muralha da Sé (Viseu, 232437777)
Abrigo das Courelas (Fornos de Algodres, 271703419)
Wine Routes 
“Everything about it has grandeur,” wrote Nobel prize winner José Saramago of the region that has been producing Dão wines for a millennium. The influence of medieval monks who farmed these lands is still tangible in their monasteries, vineyards and the way they made their wines. With the imposing Serra da Estrela mountains looming on the horizon, the Dão, with its wet winters and hot, dry summers is a region of smallholdings, of lush vegetation, clean air and countless limpid streams running over granite beds. Pine, oak and chestnut trees are common, but vines predominate – over 70 million of them. And what vines! It is said that the Dão village of Tourigo gave rise to what many consider the queen of Portuguese red grape varieties, Touriga Nacional. Cheese, kid, cured hams and sausages provide a varied and tasty bill of Dão fare. Good fruit are also typical of the region, such as the perfumed and sweet Bravo de Esmolfe apple. In addition to exploring historic towns like Viseu, Penalva de Castelo, Oliveira do Hospital and Seia, there are many old villages lost in deep valleys and high hills waiting to be discovered. 
