My husband and I traveled to Portugal for the first time last month, and we decided to take a few day trips outside of Lisbon. I am a certified sommelier, so the wine excursions certainly peaked my interest! This wine tour, led by Joao Dickmann, was fabulous!! We had a wonderful time from start to finish. Our day began with Mr. Dickmann picking us up in Lisbon in the morning and driving us to the Setubal region. His car was spacious, clean, and he provided lots of information about the region, the wines and his experience. We started at Quinta de Alcube, a small, family run winery that produces lovely, everyday wines. We tasted about 5 different wines at this winery, and had a tour of the fermentation room and barrel room. Mr. Dickmann was very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. We then went to Jose Maria de Fonseca, a much larger winery in the heart of Setubal. This tour was led by one of the winery's staff, Caterina, who was also very knowledgeable, patient and answered all of our questions. It was an impressive winery, both by it's history and size. We had plenty of time to sample wines, take pictures and enjoy the surroundings. The third stop on our tour was at a liqueur tasting, where we sampled a few of the region's liqueurs and sampled cheese and bread. I really enjoyed this part of the tour, despite reading some of the previous reviews from other travelers. I thought it was a nice change from the wines, and also was very informative and interesting to taste things that we normally wouldn't have tried. The liqueur tasting room also had a small shop, that sold jams, liqueurs and souvenirs. Mr. Dickmann then drove us back to Lisbon city center in the mid afternoon, which gave us plenty of time to enjoy the city. Both my husband and I had a really wonderful time with TakingUThere and 100% recommend it for future travelers.