Run by the Fundacao Eugenio de Almeida, this Evora winery pours the estate's Cartuxa, EA and rare Pera-Manca labels alongside its own olive oils. Its enotourism space and cellar shop sit within the walled city's Pateo de Sao Miguel, with guided cellar visits and tastings by appointment.
Best for Landmark Alentejo wines and estate olive oil in the city centre
The Correia family boils, sorts and punches cork at their Azaruja plant near Evora, turning out roughly 40,000 natural stoppers a day across the Flor to lower grades. A long-standing Alentejo cork house, it handles raw and prepared cork alongside its ISO-certified stopper production.
Best for Natural cork and wine stoppers from an Alentejo producer
Founded in 2000 in Azaruja, east of Evora, Corticarte handles the full cork chain from harvest to finished object at its Alentejo workshop. The maker turns the bark into everyday and design items, drawing on generations of local cork know-how.
Best for Alentejo cork objects from a hands-on workshop
Divinus Gourmet packs more than 500 regional lines into its shop on Praca 1 de Maio, near Evora's Chapel of Bones. Shelves hold Alentejo wines, cured meats, cheeses, olive oils and preserves, along with made-up gift hampers.
Best for One-stop Alentejo wine, cheese and gourmet gifts
The Ervideira family's tasting room on Rua 5 de Outubro sits steps from Evora's cathedral, pouring wines from their Reguengos de Monsaraz estate. Flights run from the Terras d'Ervideira set to a blind-tasting challenge, served with traditional Alentejo bites in a stone room.
Best for Family-estate wine flights in the historic centre
The Fabrica Alentejana de Lanificios in Reguengos de Monsaraz weaves mantas alentejanas and rugs on manual looms, a craft the town has kept for over a century. Its merino-wool and blended blankets, in the Premium, Iconica and twill lines, carry the region's striped patterns and grey fringing.
Antonio Macanita's Alentejo winery occupies the restored Paco do Morgado de Oliveira, a fortified manor in the Evora countryside at Nossa Senhora da Graca do Divor. Guests book vineyard tours, wine and olive-oil tastings, and lunches at the on-site A Cozinha do Paco restaurant.
Best for Estate wine tastings and a wine-country lunch near Evora
About 12 km from Evora on the Estremoz road, Herdade da Calada makes wine and olive oil and opens its estate for tastings, meals and overnight stays. The cellar door sells the property's own labels and azeite alongside guided visits by appointment.
Best for Estate wine and olive-oil tastings a short drive from the city
Trading on Rua 5 de Outubro since 1983, O Cesto gathers Portuguese handwork across ceramics, cork, wool blankets, basketry, filigree and painted tiles. The stock is sourced from individual Alentejo artisans and sold from a compact shop in the walled centre.
Best for A curated spread of Alentejo crafts under one roof
The Carrilho Lopes family throws and hand-paints Alentejo pottery at their workshop on Rua da Olaria in Corval, near Reguengos de Monsaraz. Their range runs from the dotted Pingado line of mugs and jugs to rustic serving dishes, sold at the atelier and online.
Best for Hand-painted Alentejo pottery direct from the potter
Sao Pedro do Corval, Reguengos de Monsaraz (near Evora)
In Sao Pedro do Corval, the country's largest pottery village, Amilcar Grilo Dancante shapes red terracotta on the wheel and hand-paints each piece at the Ollarus atelier on Rua da Primavera. The showroom sells limited-run bowls, jugs and decorative work fired at 1000 degrees Celsius.
Best for Wheel-thrown red-clay ceramics from a village atelier
A family jeweller in Evora since 1914, Ourivesaria Oliveiras works in Portugal's traditional 19.2-karat gold alongside silver pieces and select watch brands. The counter pairs classic wedding bands and religious pendants with contemporary collections.
Best for Traditional Portuguese gold from a century-old jeweller
Founded in 1961 and still family-run, this Evora dairy at Quinta da Lage sells its own sheep's-milk cheeses, fresh curds, requeijao and almece straight from the source. The farm shop shares the site with the working dairy and a small animal park, opening daily including Sunday afternoons.
Best for Farm-fresh Alentejo sheep's cheese and requeijao