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Affiliate Disclosure
Pouring a glass of wine takes no money from you. Neither does reading this site. dourovalleywinetasting.com is free to read, and it stays that way because of affiliate commissions. This page explains, over a leisurely pour of words, how that works, who handles your booking, and what our commission never buys.
The short version
When you follow a link from this site and book a wine tasting, a quinta visit, a river cruise or a day trip from Porto on GetYourGuide, we may earn a commission. It costs you nothing extra. The price you pay is exactly the same as if you had gone straight to GetYourGuide yourself.
What we do not do is sell tours. We do not take payments, we do not run the tastings or the boats, and we are not an agent for any operator or platform. We are a guide: we point you toward experiences we think are worth your afternoon, and the booking itself happens elsewhere.
Who does what
Every tour described on this site is run by an operator and sold through GetYourGuide. That split of work is worth knowing before you book.
- The operator runs the trip: the guide who meets you, the quinta you visit, the boat you board, the glasses you sip from.
- GetYourGuide takes your payment, holds your booking, and handles changes, cancellations and refunds.
- Together, the operator and the platform set the price, what is included, and the cancellation terms.
So if a port wine flight is shortened, if the river is too high for cruising, or if you need to move your booking to another morning, those conversations belong with GetYourGuide and the operator, not with us. We say this plainly because it saves you time when plans change.
What the commission does not buy
No operator pays to appear on this site. No one pays for a better position in a comparison, a kinder rating, or a warmer paragraph about their cellars. Placement, ratings and wording are not for sale here.
We compare the tours we compare because a traveler planning a Douro Valley day would want them compared. If you would like to see how we go about that, we describe it in How We Research, and you can always reach us at hello@dourovalleywinetasting.com or through our Contact page.
Ratings and reviews
The star ratings and review counts you see alongside tours are GetYourGuide's own, read directly from each listing. We do not edit them, round them generously, or trim the less flattering numbers. Travelers write those reviews; the platform keeps them; we simply pass them along.
Prices
Prices shown on this site are read from the GetYourGuide listings and checked regularly. Our listings were last checked on 3 November 2026. Wine tastings and river cruises change price with seasons and demand, so the price shown at checkout on GetYourGuide is always the one that counts.
A little thanks
Booking through our links costs you nothing and keeps this site pouring. It funds the hours spent comparing tours, checking listings and writing the guides that help you plan a calmer, better-tasting trip to the Douro Valley. If you have questions about any of this, our About page and our Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and Cookie Policy pages say more.