Port barrels?

What, exactly, do you want to do with it? Do you want a barrel of Port wine? Or, do you want a barrel that housed Port wine?

The latter is way cheaper : >

Here’s a good overview of port.

Here is a message board to review.

The nomenclature is confusing here: If by “barrel” you’re referring to a “cask” of port, it’s actually a 2-liter container (also known as a “flagon”). If you are looking for a decorative barrel, go on Amazon.com and search.

I am looking for a barrel to blend ports (not to make them from scratch).

Buying a whole barrel of port pirate-style seemed pretty expensive, so I Googled it and turns out a port barrel is a oak cask you use to age and make your own port in using actual port, brandy and leftover bits of wine. Port is tasty stuff- looks like fun. See this for port making tips and this for interesting info about the barrels or kegs themselves. Depending on where you live- a local winery might have barrels and bulk port for sale.

I think knotmyday is probably correct in that you want a cask, and not a barrel. Port is often aged in used bourbon barrels, which are oak barrels. Bourbon is only made in Kentucky; elsewhere, it’s whiskey. Anyhow, the site I linked carries multiple size barrels that can be engraved, with stands.

A full size bourbon barrel holds 53 gallons of liquid, plus the wood will absorb about another 2 gallons. That’s a whole lot of liquor.