Hong Kong: Wine auction houses to fight for buyers
Some of the world’s biggest auction houses are going head-to-head in Hong Kong with a series of fine and rare wine sales.
Wine Investment
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Investment analysis: Bordeaux Right Bank
The Right Bank seems to have bucked a downward price trend seen across Bordeaux since 2011 - and only arrested in recent months - but it’s not quite that straightforward, explains Ella Lister.
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Zachys praises New York demand as DRC and Krug lead sales
Consumer demand for Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and vintage Krug Champagne helped Zachys to achieve one of the biggest New York wine auction totals for several years - despite a number of lots falling short of their high estimate.
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Acker Merrall & Condit hails return of US wine buyers
US-based consumers have continued their resurgence as wine auction buyers, accounting for 84% of lots sold at the latest Acker, Merrall & Condit sale.
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Investment analysis: SuperTuscans and Barolos
As Bordeaux’s pricing woes continue, interest in Italy as a fine wine investment vehicle grows, with SuperTuscans and Barolos leading the way. Ella Lister analyses the hot prospects
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Ornellaia marks 2012 vintage with artwork by John Armleder
Ornellaia, the Super Tuscan estate owned by Italy’s Frescobaldi family, has revealed designs by Swiss artist John Armleder for its 2012 wines, as market data shows Italian wineries have become increasingly popular with collectors.
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Wine investment firm APW Asset Management enters liquidation
APW Asset Management Ltd, which claims to manage £25m-worth of fine wine for clients, is set to become the latest wine investment company to go into liquidation in the UK.
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Bordeaux ‘returning to favour’ among fine wine buyers
Growing numbers of collectors and investors have come back to Bordeaux in early 2015, according to merchant Bordeaux Index and the Liv-ex trading exchange.
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Fraudsters target victims of collapsed wine investment firm
Consumers owed money and wine by collapsed European Fine Wines Ltd in the UK have been targeted by fraudsters posing as both the company’s directors and its liquidator, while London's High Court has ordered another wine investment group to be wound up.
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Investment analysis: Penfolds Grange and St Henri
Penfolds Grange and St Henri illustrate two facets of both grape and winemaking technique, best illustrated when you taste them side by side. Steven Spurrier reports on a tasting of 11 wines from the past three decades
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French court places 1855.com in liquidation
Troubled French online wine merchant Heracles, formerly 1855.com, has been forced into liquidation after a major investor withdrew support for its recovery plan.
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Fine wine market: Hopes rise for Bordeaux prices in 2015
Fine wine market analysts are increasingly confident that prices for recent vintages of top Bordeaux have bottomed out after a three-year slide.
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Investment analysis: Fine wine trading platforms
New trading platforms are, for the first time, allowing fine wine collectors to deal directly rather than via third parties. But are they a good bet? John Stimpfig surveys the scene...
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Investment analysis: Roederer's jewel, Cristal
What lies behind Cristal's status as one of the most sought-after and collectible Champagnes? Giles Fallowfield explains how it's made and tastes eight recent vintages...
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Auction news: Slice of history
Auction News by Howard G Goldberg, from Decanter Magazine July 2012 issue, as Mel Brooks’ famous creation looks back on 2,000 years of wine.
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Auction news: May 2011
Burgundy bacchanal
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Collectors' news: May 2011
Bordeaux 'embarrassed' by 2010
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Auction analysis
Like the trio of most recent Bordeaux vintages, two decades ago all the talk was of the ’88s, ’89s and ’90s. John Stimpfig looks at how their fortunes have fared as investments
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Auction news
Sign language In Asia, it’s often not the wine that matters, it’s the meaning – and money – behind it
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Collectors' news
Mouton 2008 price rockets
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Collectors' News: January 2010 issue
Significantly higher levels of trading on the Liv-ex platform in recent months might suggest a broader fine wine recovery beyond Lafite (see p117). So far, much of that activity has focused on the resurgence of the 2000 and 2005 vintages.
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Collectors' News: February 2010 issue
There was little doubt about the enthusiasm of US critics, notably Robert Parker, for the 2007 Southern Rhônes. In the Wine Advocate, Parker awarded 10 100-point scores, beating the previous record of 2000 Bordeaux with nine and 2001 California with eight.
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Collectors' News: March 2010 issue
A new player in Bordeaux will provide a ‘five-star’ provenance certification on every case of wine it sells. Bordeaux Provenance guarantees that all wines sold via its online portal
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Collectors' News: April 2010 issue
Just months after Vinfolio created the world’s largest fine wine consumer trading platform, Vinfolio MarketPlace, the firm has been forced to seek protection from bankruptcy.
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Collectors' News: May 2010 issue
Reports from Bordeaux about the quality of 2009 continue to up the ante. With some châteaux owners claiming that their wines are the greatest they have ever produced, the first trade tasting of the vintage was held in London last month,
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Collectors' News: July 2010 issue
UK merchants and commentators have come out in an unusual show of agreement with Robert Parker’s assessment of Bordeaux 2009, which appeared in the Wine Advocate at the end of April.
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Collectors' News: August 2010 issue
Fine wine merchants and wine fund managers are expecting an influx of UK wine investors following the Government’s proposals to amend Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on non-business assets.
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Collectors' News: September 2010 issue
London merchant Bordeaux Index has launched the first fine wine price index to monitor the movement of fine wine prices on a daily rather than monthly basis. Eponymously titled, ‘The Bordeaux Index’, it will track the live changes in the prices of 80–100 of the most liquidly traded wines on its LiveTrade market making screen, launched in May last year.
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Collectors' News: October 2010 issue
One of the first reactions of the trade following the ultra-high release prices of the 2009s was to laser in on the best value back vintages. For many, that was the not-yet-bottled 2008.
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Collectors' news: December 2010 issue
The late summer and early autumn saw dramatic rises in the price of the second wines of Bordeaux’s first growths. Carruades de Lafite, Les Forts de Latour, Pavillon de Margaux and Le Petit Mouton easily outperformed a static market which continued to consolidate strong gains made in the first half of the year.
