For The Love Of Port

Minor increase in 2026. Very minor. Here are stats from the most recent half dozen harvests (post-pandemic) including this year.
Based on IVDP statistics, based on 550 liter pipas, (casks).

2021: 104.000 pipas
2022: 116.000
2023: 104.000
2024: 90,000
2025: 75,000
2026: 76.000

To put how small it still is into context this century

What’s the news from the Valley on the amount of grapes grown and unsold? Are we hearing stories of grape farmers with no-one wanting to buy their grapes?

Hi Andy,

To post a graphic like that, which I have now also seen, it would be good to give attribution to where you copied that from. They obviously put a lot of work into it and deserve the credit for that.

Roy Hersh wrote:Hi Andy,

To post a graphic like that, which I have now also seen, it would be good to give attribution to where you copied that from. They obviously put a lot of work into it and deserve the credit for that.

Well, if I knew I would wouldn’t I. It’s been posted many times over the years in different places so I have no idea who originally did it.

I will dig around and find the name of the guy, if possible. He's based here, so hopefully it won't be that difficult to come across. Thanks!

What is the 10k pipes "qualitative reserve" in 2020 and how does that work?

Glenn E. wrote:What is the 10k pipes "qualitative reserve" in 2020 and how does that work?

My understanding is due to exceptional market conditions they allowed some that had to be held for a number of years then gradually released over a decade or so.

I guess best to think of it as an oil reserve stockpile to be released slowly over time.

I would assume it was to become tawny. But I guess could be VP/SQVP as well, but released later. Not sure on how that part played out.

Andy Velebil wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 9:25 pm

Glenn E. wrote:What is the 10k pipes "qualitative reserve" in 2020 and how does that work?

My understanding is due to exceptional market conditions they allowed some that had to be held for a number of years then gradually released over a decade or so.

I guess best to think of it as an oil reserve stockpile to be released slowly over time.

I would assume it was to become tawny. But I guess could be VP/SQVP as well, but released later. Not sure on how that part played out.

Future library releases! Woo!!!

Back to reality, here is the original posting of this information and a brief informative article included in both languages from Hugo:

https://porttoportwine.blogspot.com/202 ... 76000.html