Visit and Tasting at the Vía Romana Winery, in Belesar (Chantada)

Vía Romana is a Ribeira Sacra D.O. winery in A Ermida, beside Belesar, on the Chantada bank of the Miño. It publishes visits at fixed times all year and is in the same Belesar as the Miño boats, so it combines well with a trip on the river. There are four visits, from one hour to an hour and a half, and all end with a tasting.

Which visit to choose

• Esencia, the entry-level: 60 minutes around the winery, with views of the vineyard, and three of its best-known wines. €18.
• 5 Sentidos: the whole winery with a guide and five wines, in 70 minutes. €25.
• Heroica: 90 minutes outside, among the vines, to see what in the Ribeira Sacra they call heroic viticulture: narrow terraces, slopes where no machine can go and harvesting by hand. You finish with three wines. €30. Wear comfortable shoes; there are 35% gradients and it is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.
• Premium: the complete visit with five wines and local bites, 75 minutes, €35. From two people and with 48 hours' notice.

Those over seven pay €5 (€10 on the Premium) and taste a grape must, so it can be done as a family.

Times and how to book

In winter there are slots on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 and 16:30, and on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:00, 13:00 and 17:00; Sunday and Monday, no. From June to September 2026, every day at 11:00, 13:00, 16:30 and 18:00. Book on its online calendar. By phone they answer on 982 462 069 Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 19:00, and on 683 504 509 at weekends and public holidays, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00.

The winery also has a tavern with views of the terraces, to enjoy its wines at leisure with tapas. In summer it opens Thursday to Sunday, from 12:30 to 15:30 and from 16:00 to 21:00; outside that period, ask.

Getting there and what to combine

Belesar is a village at the edge of the Miño reservoir, between Chantada and O Saviñao, reached by car along winding roads that go down to the bridge. From the Belesar jetty leave the boats on the Miño of Sacra Activa and Vista Sacra: a boat in the morning and a winery in the afternoon is the perfect day on the Miño side.