Port infographic

[M Bisanz]

I saw a cool chart of port varieties in an old liquor store in Portland. The owner wouldn’t sell it and I can’t find it anywhere online. I used ChatGPT and inspiration from Wine Folly to create a variation that updates it for the modern range of styles. I would love feedback from experts on how it looks.

[Andy Velebil]

It looks good but not factually correct. Tawnys with an indication of age (10,20,30, etc) are not “average age”. They are made to replicate what a tawny of equal age would taste like.

[Andy Velebil]

Garrafeira are aged in wood then in large glass Demi-John’s of ~11-13 liters then many years later bottled.

[Eric Menchen]

I think it is a cool start. The original lack colheita. You've added a bunch of additional information, and some of that could be consolidated a bit, and corrected as Andy pointed. I like the more graphic nature of the first ...

[Glenn E.]

I'm pretty sure that "Chip Dry" is Taylor labelling only and possibly a trademark, not a general category. It's not even used by Fonseca, which instead calls their dry white port Siroco.

It looks weird (to me) on your sheet because you're showing a Graham's bottle.

Lagrima is not slightly sweet it's on the other end... it's usually very sweet.

Technically, Crusted and Garrafeira are not sub-categories of Vintage Port. They're their own separate categories. And I can't remember whether or not Single Quinta is now actually an official category... it didn't used to be - it was just lingo used by Port geeks - but that may have changed.

[Andy Velebil]

Actually it’s a Taylor Fladgate crest, Graham’s name and Sandeman Don picture. Quite the combo.

And yes “Chip Dry” is unique to Taylor’s.

[Glenn E.]

Actually it’s a Taylor Fladgate crest, Graham’s name and Sandeman Don picture. Quite the combo.

Ha! Good point, I just saw the name and didn't look any closer.

[M Bisanz]

Some of this I can blame on the Wine Folly graphic started. https://media.winefolly.com/port-wine-infographic.jpg

It still needs fine-tuning, but now it incorporates most of your comments.

I intentionally made the bottle a mash-up of brands to not preference one over the other.

[Mike J. W.]

Great job. I like it!

[Glenn E.]

Reserve Tawny and Reserve White must be aged for a minimum of 7 years, just like Colheitas, but are blended Ports rather than being from a single vintage. Note that there's nothing prohibiting a Reserve Tawny from being made from a single vintage, but why would you bother? You could instead sell the exact same wine for more money as a Colheita.

You can probably just remove Vintage Character from your chart. Those weren't designed to be aged long-term, so any that still remain would be pretty rare. They were basically redundant alongside LBV and Crusted.

Adding a Niepoort capsule to the bottle was a nice touch.

I would say that Wine Folly's serving temperatures are too low across the board, but that's probably not worth changing. You can always let your Port warm up a bit in the glass, but if it's served too warm you're kind of stuck. It's the corollary to the cooking rule, "you can always add salt later, but you can't take it out."

There is one final category for Tawny and White - Very, Very Old or Muito, Muito Velho. The 50 Year Old and VVO categories were added together in 2022. The 80 Year Old category was then added in 2025. 50 and 80 have defined organoleptic qualities that the tasting panel looks for when approving those wines. VVO serves much like the HC "hors catégorie" climbs in the Tour de France - those wines are "beyond categorization" and simply need to exceed the qualities of an 80 year old.

[Moses Botbol]

I'd remove the multi-branded bottle and show a "Port" as a stencil on bottle.

Change drop down for ruby from least impressive to most.