The particular bottle from the Porto Ferreira house is known as the Waterloo Port, as it was bottled in the same year as the famous battle 200 years ago.


The auction will take place later today at the Tower of London as part of the bicentennial festivities of the Battle of Waterloo.


Proceeds from the sale of the oldest bottle in Porto Ferreira’s cellars will by donated to the Portuguese Association of Lateral Amyotrophic Sclerosis.