We get a lot of requests from all over the world for used port wine barrels, but because they are so bulky, often the price of transport can be a real issue. So here is an idea of the kind of prices that you will pay for transport. Obviously you will see a major reduction […]

Making a wooden barrel is a skilled craft – taking planks of wood and bending them to make a watertight vessel is something that takes many years to perfect. At our cooperage in northern Portugal (and indeed all over the world) it is always a struggle to find sufficiently skilled craftsman and training up an

We produce a range of oak barrels, starting from the absolutely tiny (1 litre), going up to 500 litres. For all of our new barrels you can specify the kind of wood (French Oak, American Oak, European Oak, Portuguese Oak, Recovered Oak and Portuguese Chestnut) as well as the char level (we offer four options

We have a range of used port wine barrels available, some of which we carry limited stock for, others are by order only. We receive our barrels from the Port houses based in Vila Nova de Gaia (around 25 kms from our cooperage), and they are all refurbished, re-charred and pressure tested before leaving. Whilst