Douro Valley

Wine Opens Doors

Wine is where every journey begins.

Curated experiences around wine, food, culture and the people who bring them to life — built on wine knowledge, a local network, and careful design.

Wine is our way in. Portugal is the story.

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What Would You Like To Do?

Travel

Go Somewhere With Us

Day experiences and curated journeys across Portugal's wine regions, designed by us.

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Private Experiences

Gather Your People

Already travelling together? We create the wine experience around your group.

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Your Trip, Curated

Portugal, Planned Around You

Tell us your dates and interests. We design the itinerary — you travel your way.

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For Business

Bring People Together

Corporate events, wine consultancy and hospitality programming for teams and venues.

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Seasonal Portugal

Portugal Changes With the Seasons

So do the experiences we design.

Harvest
September – October

Harvest

Grape harvest, cellar life and the wines that come from it.

Christmas
November – December

Christmas

Portuguese festive traditions, table by table.

Private Experiences

Gather Your People

Already travelling together? Let us create the wine experience around you.

Portuguese Wine Tasting Wine & Food Private Dinner Wine + Music / Art Special Occasions
Your Trip, Curated
Personal Travel Curation

Your Trip, Curated

Tell us your dates, interests and travel style. We design a personal itinerary before you arrive — recommendations, a curated roadmap, and the option of private hosting for the parts that matter most.

Your trip can be completely self-guided. If you'd like us there, selected parts of your itinerary can also be privately hosted.

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For Business

Bring People Together

For companies, communities, restaurants, hotels, wineries, venues and travel agencies who want wine to do more than sit on a list.

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Corporate & Group Experiences

Tastings, long table dinners, wine + jazz or fado evenings, product launches and conference side events.

02

Wine Consultancy

Wine list and pairing curation for restaurants and hospitality businesses — selection, development, staff-facing notes.

03

Hospitality Concepts & Programming

Recurring wine programmes and seasonal concepts for hotels, restaurants and wine bars.

04

Producer Market Development

Helping wineries and producers connect with the right restaurants, wine bars and hospitality partners.

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Local Experience Partner

Experience design, local curation and hosting for travel agencies, tour operators and concierge businesses working in Portugal.

Open a Door With Us

Hotels & concierges. Travel partners. Wineries & producers. Chefs & restaurants. Artists & musicians. Venues. Have a place, a craft, a table, a bottle or an idea worth sharing? We'd love to hear about it.

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Destination Inspiration

Portugal Through Grapes & Oranges

Porto & Douro
Featured

Porto & Douro

Powerful. Historic. Layered.
Lisbon

Lisbon

Coastal. Diverse. Creative.
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Setúbal & Arrábida

Setúbal & Arrábida

Coastal. Wild. Quiet.
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Alentejo

Alentejo

Warm. Generous. Slow.
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The Editorial Layer

Experiences Worth Writing Down

Some places stay with you. Some deserve a page. Tasting notes. A sketch of a label. A postcard never sent. The map you marked up over dinner. A menu kept for no reason at all. We design experiences with these details in mind — the ones worth remembering, and worth writing down.

Our Network

People Open Doors, Too

Winemakers. Chefs. Sommeliers. Artists. Musicians. Makers. Local hosts. Grapes & Oranges gives you access to Portugal through the people who shape it — not only the places.

Simge Sezer, Founder of Grapes & Oranges
Meet the Curator

Hi, I'm Simge

Founder and curator of Grapes & Oranges. Portugal and wine became my two constants nearly two decades ago — one through a first visit to Lisbon, the other through a first WSET course in Istanbul. I built Grapes & Oranges around the people who make its wine, food and culture worth discovering.

Portuguese Wine Specialist I & II
WSET Level 3 Award in Wines — In Progress
Professionnel du Vin — Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, Bailliage du Portugal
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Wine, producers, chefs, Portugal, gastronomy, music, jazz, fado, makers and seasonal travel notes — stories from the ground, before they become experiences.