aPPenDix i – institutions
regulating anD
ProMoting Port anD
Douro wines
instituto Dos vinho Do Douro
e Do Porto (ivDP)
Rua dos Camilos, 90, 5050 Peso da Régua
Tel: (351) 254 320 130
Rua Ferreira Borges, 27 4050–253 Porto – Portugal
Tel: (351) 222 071 600
http://www.ivdp.pt
Formed in 2003, the Port and Douro Wine Institute is an interprofessional public body
resulting from the merger of former Port Wine Institute (IVP), established in 1933, with
the Comissão Interprofissional do Região Demarcada do Douro (CIRDD), established in
1995.
Now based in Régua, the IVDP is a powerful body with a wide and far-reaching remit.
An Interprofessional Council is responsible for promoting the convergence of interests
between growers and shippers, determining and regulating the total amount of grape must
that may be fortified to produce Port in any one year (the benefício). The IVDP controls the
quantity and quality of Port and Douro wine (including wine designated ‘Terras Duriense’)
by regulating production and certifying the wine after a rigorous quality-control process.
All Port and Douro wines have to be submitted to the IVDP for analysis and tasting before
seals of origin are granted to the wine in question.
The IVDP is also responsible for the generic promotion of Port and Douro wine
worldwide, defending the region and using every available means to combat fraud. It
acts alongside the Portuguese government in European Union negotiations with non-EU
countries to restrict the use of the name ‘Port’.