Vinhos FAQ
205 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and Versions
- Can the 2016 rules be played with first-edition components?
- Does the Deluxe Edition include the 2010 game as well as the 2016 game?
- What does blue rule text mean, and what is new in the 2016 version?
- Do I need the original 2010 rules, or are the revised 2010 and 2016 rules enough?
- Do I need both the rulebook and the reference book?
- How is turn order decided in the first year?
- What wine do I get from my initial vineyard at setup?
- Do I pay for my initial vineyard, and does it get its bonus and a renown cube?
- Do the cellars and wineries given by region bonuses at setup come from the board supply?
- Are vineyard tiles shuffled, and is the colour showing on the tile edges a problem?
- Does the position of renown cubes in a region matter?
- How many Wine Expert tiles are used at setup?
- Which Magnate multiplier tiles are used in a 2-player game?
- Are the 2-player Magnate tiles also used in 3- and 4-player games?
- What is the spare round chip for when setup uses only 8 of 9 chips?
- Does each player start with a Magnate action tile?
- Is a weather tile revealed in year 1?
- How many years and vintage tiles are in a game?
- Do the expansion packs work with both the 2010 and 2016 versions?
Turn Order and Movement
- How many actions does each player take per year, and what counts as a turn?
- Can I stay on my current action space instead of moving?
- What does it cost to move my action marker?
- What if I can't afford to move to an action space?
- If I pass or press release, can I still move on my next turn?
- After a Press Release, must I move if I can take another action?
- When does a Pass or Press Release change the turn order?
- Where can I put my order marker when I move to Pass / Press Release?
- If I pass into first place, do I get two turns in a row?
- Do action markers return to the centre at the end of a year or after a Fair?
- Do I pay to move onto the Pass / Press Release space?
- What do the x1 and x2 icons on action spaces mean?
- Are Magnate action tiles extra actions or modifiers of a board action?
Vineyards, Wineries, Cellars and Workers
- Does a second vineyard in the same estate give the region bonus again?
- If I start a second estate in the same region, do I get the bonus again?
- Where does a region bonus cellar, winery or farmer go?
- Do the Algarve or Alentejo bonuses stack with two vineyards in the region?
- Does the free winery from the Lisboa bonus also add a renown cube?
- When I buy a Lisboa vineyard, do I get a real winery tile?
- Does a newly bought vineyard produce wine immediately?
- Can one Vineyard action buy two vineyards from the same region?
- Can I see a vineyard's price before buying it?
- Is the Vineyard action example in the manual wrong?
- How many renown cubes do I get for buying wineries?
- What happens to a renown cube if the region has no free space?
- Who gets the benefit of a renown cube placed in a region?
- If a Magnate or Expert buys me a vineyard, is the renown cube still placed?
- Can the Enologists / Farmers action hire more than two workers?
- What do enologists and farmers cost in 2016?
- Where do farmers and enologists go?
- When can I move farmers and enologists between estates?
- Do enologists and farmers improve wine I have already produced?
- Can a player own several estates in the same region?
- What happens to wines in a warehouse when I build a cellar on it?
- Does a cellar's plus value raise wine quality?
- Where do Dão bonus cellars come from if the cellar supply is short?
- Do I earn Bagos only from the bank?
- How does the Tasting Room's double-sided hire tile work?
Wine Experts and Magnate Tiles
- When can I use a Wine Expert's ability?
- Can I use a Wine Expert partway through an action, such as between two vineyards?
- Can I use a Wine Expert and a Magnate tile in the same turn?
- How many Wine Experts can I flip per turn?
- Can I use a Wine Expert on the turn I get it?
- Can an expert's vineyard discount be combined with a Magnate tile's vineyard purchase?
- When can the vineyard-rearranging expert be used?
- Can the barrel-retrieving expert take a barrel from the Export area?
- Can the barrel-retrieving expert take an opponent's barrel?
- Can I put a barrel back on a multiplier tile after an expert removed it?
- Does the Wine Expert that waives movement costs cover all payments?
- Do the Marketer and Salesman experts give me a Sales or Export action?
- What does the yellow Wine Expert do?
- Can I hold several Wine Experts with the same bonus, and is there a limit?
- Can I hire both experts from the same deck?
- Can I look through or peek at expert or vineyard stacks?
- Are discarded experts shuffled before going back to the decks?
- Can I use a Magnate tile in the middle of my main action?
- How many Expert and Magnate actions can I use per year in 2016?
- Can I own two Magnate tiles with the same icon?
- Is there a limit on how many Magnate tiles I can buy at a fair?
- Do I need a barrel to take a Magnate Multiplier tile?
- When is the Magnate display refilled?
- Do unbought Magnate tiles carry over to the next fair?
- If I'd draw a Magnate tile I already own, do I get a replacement?
- Are the purple Magnate tiles used during the game?
- Can the Magnate tile that buys a cellar for 1 Bago buy a special secret cellar?
- Can I move a barrel to a Magnate space whose action I can't perform?
- Is a Sales or Export Magnate benefit in 2010 limited to one use?
Sales and Export
- How many wines can one Sales or Export action move?
- Can one Export action send two wines to the same column?
- Must I spend renown cubes when selling or exporting?
- Can I spend renown cubes to reach a higher Sales slot?
- How many points do I score when I export a barrel?
- How is the export column majority scored in a tie?
- If a barrel is retrieved from the Export area, do I lose the VP I scored?
- Do the three local establishments matter in 2016?
- Can a red wine be sold into a white Sales slot?
- Does the Algarve +1 apply when scoring wines at the end of the game?
- Does discarding Wine Experts count toward a Magnate's minimum wine value?
- Can I move a barrel once it's placed on a Sales slot?
Pass / Press Release
- Can I take a Press Release in year 1?
- How often can I take a Press Release?
- How many barrels can I take back with a Press Release?
- Must I take a barrel from a Magnate whose demand my wine meets?
- Can I discard the expert I just took from a fair booth in the same Press Release?
- How many Wine Experts can I discard in a Press Release or at the fair?
- Does the arrow symbol on an expert give an extra Fair Point?
- Can I spend renown cubes to raise the wine I enter at the fair?
- Do I have to enter a wine at each fair?
- How many Fair Points does my wine earn?
- At the fair, do I have to move my marker to the Press Release space?
- What do the three Magnates ask for in a Press Release?
Aging, Maintenance and Production
- How many barrels do I take back from Sales in Maintenance?
- How is wine quality calculated?
- How is wine value calculated?
- Can a year pass with no wine produced?
- Does an estate make one wine regardless of vineyards?
- Does my wine production depend on opponents or turn order?
- What happens when a wine ages off the right of its warehouse?
- Are the 6 and 9 wine tiles different?
- Why are there wine tiles of value 1 and 2?
- How do I get farmers in 2010 versus 2016?
- Which weather tile applies in the first year?
- When can I move Enologists and Farmers between estates?
Douro and Porto
- How do I make Porto wine?
- Can I spend more than one Porto tile on a single wine?
- Can a Porto tile boost a non-Douro wine or sales value?
- Where do spent Porto tiles go?
- Can I move Porto tiles between Douro estates?
- What if fewer than two Porto tiles remain?
- What happens if I start with Douro?
- Is Douro wine different from Porto wine?
- Does the Porto +3 matter for Magnate region demands?
Wine Tasting Fair
- Do Fair Points reset after each fair?
- Is the Fair Points track capped at 40?
- How are VP split when players tie at the fair?
- How does fair scoring work in a 2-player game?
- In a 3-player game does third place get VP or a Wine Expert?
- If my wine earns 0 Fair Points, do I still place?
- What if I have no wine to enter at the fair?
- What do the Fair Booths give?
- How is turn order set after a fair, and where do markers go?
- Do renown cubes or cellars move my fair score directly?
- In what order are last-minute Press Releases made?
- When do Wine Experts and Magnate tiles flip face up again?
- What does it cost to buy a Magnate tile at the fair?
- Can the Advertisers Wine Expert take a Magnate multiplier tile?
End of Game and Final Scoring
- Do I move and pay in the final action after the 3rd fair?
- Can I use an Expert and a Magnate tile on the final action?
- Can I do a Press Release on the final action?
- What scores VP at the end of the game?
- Does the money VP table have a maximum?
- How are ties broken?
- Do the two starting barrels count for the Magnate barrel scoring tile?
- How do double-wide tiles count for Magnate multiplier scoring?
- Is the Magnate tile scoring 2 points per Wine Expert capped?
- Does the purple tile scoring green tiles have a cap?
- Can I retrieve barrels from local establishments at game end?
Solo Mode (Lacerda)
- Which versions have solo mode?
- Is the human player always first in solo?
- If Lacerda's card points to his space, does he act again?
- Do Lacerda's renown cubes return to the supply?
- Does Lacerda leave a Bago when leaving a space that already has one?
- In solo, can I use an expert and Magnate tile on both actions?
- Does the two-player tie rule apply to a fair tie with Lacerda?
- Is the Bago removed when I use a bribe space through an expert?
- What if Lacerda's number is a region not in play?
- Which regions does Lacerda take renown from?
- Does Lacerda get a vineyard bonus?
- What if Lacerda has no barrels for Sales or Export?
- What if Lacerda draws an action he cannot do?
- Does Lacerda keep taking Magnate tiles after I pass?
- Does Lacerda score money and majorities at the end?
- Which Wine Expert does Lacerda discard at the fair?
- How does Alentejo renown work for Lacerda's Export?
- When does Lacerda reshuffle his number deck?
- What if Lacerda leaves money on Sales and I have none?
- Is Lacerda's end-game scoring done before accolades?
2010 Reserve Version
- Do 2010 end-game Magnate multipliers score wine quality or value?
- Can the VP marker go below zero in 2010 Reserve?
- Who is paid during maintenance in 2010 Reserve?
- What happens to workers if I lose my only vineyard?
- Does Madeira's cash go to my hand or the bank in 2010 Reserve?
- Does the Salesman expert's +1 Bago go to hand or bank in 2010?
- Can I invest more than one step in a bank action in 2010 Reserve?
- Can I move onto the bank if I can't pay the Bago?
- Must I hold money in hand to spend it in 2010?
- In 2010, what if I have no wine at the fair?
- In 2010, can I use Magnate benefits repeatedly after the 3rd fair?
- Can I take more than one Magnate action per turn in 2010?
- Is the weather phase skipped in year 1 in 2010?
- What differs between the 2010 side and first edition?
Vinhos: Deluxe Edition – Connoisseur Expansion PackExpansion
- Do double-sized cellars and wineries replace regular ones or add to them?
- How many cellars and wineries do I use in a 2-player game with double-sized pieces?
- Can region bonuses give a double-sized piece?
- Can one purchase action buy a double and a standard piece?
- Can a double-sized cellar replace an existing cellar?
- Can I pick the colour of a double vineyard?
- Can I put a winery in the space left after losing a vineyard but holding a double vineyard?
Vinhos: Deluxe Edition – Islands Expansion PackExpansion
- How many regions are used with fewer players?
- Does a second Açores estate give another barrel?
- Must I export as soon as a wine reaches the third Açores slot?
- Can an expert take a barrel back from the Açores warehouse before a free export?
- Does the winery colour limit an Açores vineyard's wine?
- How many tourists in a 2-player game with Madeira?
- Does Açores add a barrel for each player?
- Can I hire a tourist and where does it go?