For The Love Of Port

We all talk about what Port(s) we have purchased, but I never see people discussing Ports they have sold. Just curious, has anybody reading this ever sold their own bottles or cases of Port?

Other than to friends or associates who want some... no. I'll sell any other wine, but not my Port!

I have never intentionally bought wine or port as an investment, only ever to drink in the short, medium or long term. I have sold or swapped the odd bottle every now and then to friends and fellow port lovers to support offlines and tastings and the like.

Up until now, I have only bought as much as I can drink in what I estimate to be my remaining drinking life. If my circumstances change in the future, I may reconsider whether selling is an option but for the moment I plan to drink pretty much all of what I own or will buy in the future.

Like Alex I do sell to friends - normally part of what I am buying. If I see a real bargain I will offer some to my friends who like port but are not on the sites.
I hope that I never have to sell any to raise funds but the only way I can justify the amount of Port and Douro wine I have is that I can sell a few cases to fund my passion but I have not had to do this yet!

I've never sold, nor traded a bottle of wine; yet!

I have traded bottles, but I can't recall ever selling one. I buy my Port to drink, not as an investment, so selling it doesn't really occur to me.

True believers. So far.

Anyone else?

I've split bottles with others where we chipped in together to buy a case or so at auction or retail. I've given away bottles. Placed bottles into large tastings where they were assigned a monetary value so everyone had an equal share, cost wise, of the tasting. But I've never outright sold a bottle of wine and have no intentions of ever doing so.

I've split a case purchased at auction, and when buying a sixer of Nacional, I essentially pre-sold half the bottles to other FLTOPers. As much as I would have liked to have kept them all, I didn't really have the budget to do so.

I've called up people and asked if they wanted bottles that I spy and would happily pick it up for them until we meet.

Also split auction winnings and given away some if friends wanted.

But I see it as a hobby still. The day I have to start actively trading my bottles is the day I'll give up wine.

I did once about 10 years ago when the market was really hot, but I regret it now. I didn't sell much port, about 6 bottles of 1992 Fonseca (including a magnum) and got twice what I had paid for them. The dumb part of the sale was that I sold two double magnums of 1977 Taylor. I bought three of them for $700 at auction in the mid-90s, then sold two of them for $1000. I thought myself really smart, since I could drink the last one for free. Now that I know how really rare these bottlings are, I wish I had them back.

I have sold both individual bottles and multiple cases at a time. Usually because I did not have the resources to keep the port and/or used the profit to pay for the wine I kept. I never sold something that was not a deal to the buyer, but I am not opposed to making a few bucks for myself.

Other than giving a few bottles to like-minded family members I have never sold any cellared wine. I think we should raid Eric's cellar for the National! Too bad Colorado is a bit to drive. Regards. Jim

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Yes, I have sold a few bottles of vintage port. I have discovered over the years that I favor Colheitas and Madieras.

I have not sold any Nacional, however!

Steve Pollack wrote:Yes, I have sold a few bottles of vintage port. I have discovered over the years that I favor Colheitas and Madieras.

I have not sold any Nacional, however!

Hmm, maybe I've got a chance then

I`ll try to live from it.... so YES, Im selling a lot of bottels, sometimes boxes for real portlovers. But normal is 1-3 bottels