For The Love Of Port

... and the next thing you know, this happens.

Coincidence?

In all seriousness, though, to me this says that the beneficio needs to be raised and that the producers need to start bottle aging a good chunk of their product to sell at some point in the future. If we're reaching a critical point, then it would be wise for producers to invest in stock now that they can sell later at a presumably much higher price (due to ever increasing demand). Port producers are in a uniquely powerful position because their product ages so gracefully for such a long time.

Coincidentally, I came here to post this similar article: http://www.winesandvines.com/template.c ... ent=123596

I saw this article just now on the alleged shortage: http://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Expe ... 941003.php

What's up with Wall Street firms offering up analysis that often serves as a great contra-indicator?