Historic Porto
A walk through the city that gave Port its name. Riverside cellars, hidden cafés, and the stories behind the bottles, guided by someone who lives here.
Head Sommelier · Porto
A sommelier's craft, rooted in hospitality, emotion, and excellence.
Wine, service, and atmosphere, raised to the same standard. For restaurants, hotels, and private tables across Porto and the Douro.
Portugal's first Master of Port. A title earned, and a standard kept.
The work is simple to name and hard to do well: choose the right wine, pour it with care, and make the room feel like somewhere you want to stay.
Fifteen years in dining rooms and cellars, from Porto to Lisbon and back, distilled into experiences that are precise, warm, and genuinely yours.
Services
Four ways to work together.
Wine consulting
Wine lists built for a restaurant's identity and its margins, from first concept to the final pour.
By project · on requestStaff training
Service and wine education for front-of-house teams: confidence, knowledge, and the language of hospitality.
From €30 / hourPrivate tastings
Curated tastings at Dogma Wine Bar, or a setting of your choosing, shaped to the occasion and the palate.
From €30 / hourPairing experiences
Pairings for restaurants, events, and private gatherings, where the wine completes the moment.
By project · on request
Featured experience
The Douro, slowly.
A private day through the world's oldest demarcated wine region. Two estates, an unhurried lunch, and the quiet of the river in between.
- 09:00Hotel pickup in Porto. Private transport into the valley.
- First estateAn in-depth visit, with a tasting across styles, from sparkling to white to red, and light, considered table service.€90 per person, paid at the estate
- LunchA traditional Portuguese kitchen, or a chef's menu rooted in Portuguese gastronomy.Select restaurants open onto river views.
- Second estateA visit and tasting of distinct Port styles.€45 per person, paid at the estate
- ReturnBack in Porto by late afternoon.
Service · Driver · Sommelier
2 guests
510€
3–6 guests
600€
7–21 guests
900€
Larger groups, alternative routes, and bespoke programmes are arranged on request.
Curated journeys
Beyond the cellar, into the land.
Historic & Vinic
History and wine, woven together. Monuments and vineyards on a single unhurried route, for those who want both the place and the glass.
Coastal & Cellar
The Atlantic and the Douro in one day. Sea air, fresh whites, and a tasting to close, a contrast worth travelling for.
Bespoke route
Tell me what you want to feel, taste, and see. The route is built around you: pace, palate, and occasion, all considered.
Eu Recomendo
Where I would send a friend.
A personal, honest selection of places I trust with my own table. Updated as the city changes.
The sommelier
A life between the glass and the conversation.
I started in dining rooms in 2009. The wine came later, and once it arrived, it stayed.
From 2015 to 2018 I trained at Portologia Porto, specialising in Douro and Port, learning not only the technique but the depth of each wine, each estate, each year. Lisbon followed, at Lisbon Winery and then BAHR, which broadened the perspective.
In 2022 I returned to Porto. In May 2023 I opened Dogma Wine Bar & Tastings, a space built around a single conviction: that hospitality is the wine, and the wine is the hospitality.
Master of Port is not a title carried lightly. It is a commitment to genuine knowledge, careful selection, and experiences that mean something.
Master of Port
Head Sommelier · Porto
Words
From the table, honestly.
An unforgettable evening. The knowledge and the warmth turned a tasting into a story. We came for the wine, and left moved.
A sommelier who teaches without condescending, and pours without performing. Dogma is the proof of his craft.
Every detail considered, every word measured. A masterclass in hospitality, and in wine. We brought our team back twice.
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Contact
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For consulting, training, private experiences, or simply a conversation about wine.
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Based in
Porto, Portugal