Address: Avenida Diogo Leite, 344 Vila Nova de Gaia 4400-111 Portugal
Phone: + 351 22 374 6660
Website: www.calem.pt
You don’t need to book the tour to our cellars unless you are coming with a group.
Open every day May- October : 10:00 - 19:00/November- April: 10:00 - 18:00
Cálem is open to tourists. For a nominal fee you can tour the renovated cellars that earned an international “Best of Wine Tourism” award for architecture in 2006.

Cálem is located across from the Vila Nova de Gaia’s waterfront promenade on the south bank of the River Douro, across from the old town of Porto. It’s the first wine lodge you’ll encounter as you turn right and walk south from the Ponte de D. Luis I bridge. Look for the white building with “Cálem” on the roof. Almost all Portuguese families know Porto Cálem, as a recognized market leader in Portugal, especially through its product ranges of Velhotes Tawny, Ruby and White. Since 1859, Porto Cálem has produced Port Wines of superior quality. 

We offer you the unique experience of a guided tour through our premises. Our starting point will be the museum where you can find out more about the Douro demarcated Region, the production of Port Wine and the history of our House. After that, you will be guided through our cellars where our wines age in protected light and air conditions. Here, you will find out more about the unique characteristics of each type of Port Wine. We end up with the tasting of a red and a white Port Wine. Before leaving, you can relax while having one of our Port Wines on our terrace, in front of our cellars and right beside the river. There you will enjoy the wonderful sight of the riversides from Gaia and Porto.

Founded in 1859, by António Alves Cálem, Porto Cálem was dedicated only to wine exports to Brazil in exchange for exotic woods carried by Cálem’s own fleet of ships. In fact, those activities are remembered today through Porto Cálem’s brand logotype where a caravel stands for this proud history. Porto Cálem was kept in the family for four generations, always developing business around quality Port wines, from which resulted high recognition all over the world.

Porto Cálem’s product range has won numerous awards along its history, especially on the Premium Vintages, Late Bottled Vintages and Aged Tawny. The first Vintage Port ever produced by Porto Cálem was the Vintage Port 1870 and the initial awards include Medals from Bordeaux, Marseille and Brussels 1897 wine competitions.

From then on, Porto Cálem Wines have won important awards in the most important international wine competitions from Portugal, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Slovene, USA and Japan. Latest examples include Gold Medal in Vinalies Internationales for Porto Cálem Vintage 2002, Best Port Wine Trophy for Porto Cálem Vintage 2000 in International Wine & Spirit Competition, Best Fortified for Porto Cálem 20 Years Old in Japan International Wine Challenge; Best in Class for Porto Cálem Colheita 1989 in International Wine & Spirit Competition; Porto Cálem Company of the Year in the Vinitaly 2005. Porto Cálem Vintage 2003 as also won several Gold Medals in 2006, namely in Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Vino Ljubljana, Bacchus and Wine Masters Challenge.

Also in 2006, the rehabilitation of Cálem cellars granted the award Best of Wine Tourism 2006”, in the category of Architecture, in S. Fancisco competition, USA. This competition is promoted by the main wine capitals such as Porto, Bordeaux, Melbourne, S. Francisco, Bilbao, Florence, Mendoza and Cape Town, with the purpose of rewarding Excellency in the wine sector.

Porto Cálem benefits from the special attention given by the company to the production and crop of high quality grapes in the Douro region, especially in Cima Corgo and Douro Superior areas. Known as the “Port Wine Cathedral”, we can find in these regions some of the best vines, the finest grape varietals and the most famous vineyard estates (“Quintas”). Quinta do Arnozelo, the estate where Porto Cálem grapes are grown, is set here. To grant our wines high quality standards, we furthermore have our Winemaking Centre (São Martinho da Anta) located in Douro. This way, we gather the best and most advanced technology in the field with the traditional high competence and experience on winemaking of the region.

After the winemaking process in Douro, the ageing of Porto Cálem Wines takes place in the company cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia. Located in the Douro opposite margin of the Porto “Ribeira” (historical riverside of the city), next to D. Luiz I bridge, these cellars show perfect conditions to successfully age the Port Wines, as per their cool and dry air, and little light. This way, Porto Cálem wines age in oak casks for years and years…
It is also in these cellars, that Porto Cálem welcomes every year around 120.000 visitors and from where the Port Wines are exported to markets abroad.