What % of your wine cellar is Port?

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Jay Hack
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What % of your wine cellar is Port?

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I do not have a lot, which is a mistake, since it is definitely something you have to cellar for a long time and you need to get ahead of the curve. I have been working on building up the collection, but I've lost out on a few good auction bids by getting spiked at the last minute. I only have about 20 bottles, less than 3%.
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I'm slightly ahead of you at 4.5%, but from your numbers, your cellar is also bigger than mine as that 4.5% is only 8 bottles.

1 20-yr tawny
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2 LBV

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My cellar is about 80% Portuguese (mostly Port with more and more Portuguese dry wines being added to the mix)
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Post by Michael Ferrier »

Port represents 13% of my cellar by quantity and approx. 20% by value. The rest of my cellar is :
Bordeaux 26%
Red Burgundy 28%
Rhone 16%
Cognac 7%
Italian 9%
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Post by Gary Banker »

Port 40%
Madeira 23%
German 15%
French 14%
Tokaji 6%
Other 2%

The total is 286 bottles of which 68 (mostly port and sauterne) are 375ml. The tokaji are all 500ml. The percentage of madeira is growing.

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Post by João Rico »

My percentage of cellared Port is 11,48%, but will increase more and more.

Portugal 78,14%
Australia 7,65%
Spain 5,46%
France 4,37%
Austria 2,19%
Chile 2,19%


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Post by Raj Patil »

98% yup niney-eight percent not including the mead (honey) wine that I produce myself
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Post by Robert O. »

100% although I could see down the road collecting other wines. I picked port to collect because I've always enjoyed it and it manageable with relavtively few producer.

The other wines I buy tend to be "value" wines that get drunk pretty quickly.

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Post by Kris Henderson »

22% of my cellar is Port. I'd like to get it up a little higher, maybe around 30% - 35% so I can open bottles more frequently and still have something with a good amount of age on it.
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Post by Scott Anaya »

I'm travelling in the "Lower 48" right now on the way to Finger Lakes wine region in NY tomorrow....so from memory, roughly:

40-some % 135 bottles of Port (including Madeira) out of 300 total bottles
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what % of your wine cellar is port

Post by dave leach »

port represents approximately 20% of my wine cellar. i've got about 220 bottles, the majority of the rest of my collection are california reds, italian reds, and bordeaux. i've also got a bunch of muscats, tokays, tokaji, and i'm really beginning to love old sauternes. but vintage port reigns supreme.

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Post by Richard Henderson »

19.54% or 281 bottles, according to Cellartracker. Thank you, Eric Levine!
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Post by Ted D »

From memory, about 20%.
Now I wish that 20% was skewed more towards the 80s and before than the 90s and 2000s, although I bought relatively heavily in 2000 (birth year) and 2003 (can't help myself). 2004 will be "a few cases" as well as it's a birthyear too
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Post by Moses Botbol »

Maybe about 40-50% port. I think I have about 10 or so cases of port? I should track it, but sometimes ignorance is bliss. One day I walk into the basement and just see a ton of wine and port stacked up...
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Post by Dave Johnson »

Bordeaux 75%
Burgundy 10%
Port 10%
Other 5%
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Post by Marc J. »

Approx. 80% of my cellar is port. The rest being a mix of French Bordeaux, a few bottles of white Burgundy & some big California Cabs.
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Post by Adam F »

21.85% I am told, though clearly I think less since I seem to continue to look for port to buy!
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Post by Erik Wiechers »

100 % is port, 48 bottles.
I dont like red wine, too acid for me (or maybe i just have to learn to drink it).
Rosé is for girls :D and white wine is not my cup of tea either.
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Post by Ronald Wortel »

About 45%.
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Post by Jay Powers »

~50%, followed by (in rough order)

Red Bordeaux
Sauterne
CA reds
Madeira
German Reisling
Tokaji

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