Wine Investment
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Investment company Bordeaux Advisory disappears
Wine investment company Bordeaux Advisory has disappeared leaving investors chasing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of wine that had been bought at ten times its real value.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Wine company, under investigation, changes name
The Bordeaux Wine Trading Company, a wine investment company under investigation by UK police, has reappeared under a different name.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Wine investment seminars in London
Two seminars to be held in London demonstrate wine’s continuing fascination as an investment vehicle.
By John Stimpfig Last updated
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International Wine Commodities office raided
Hertfordshire police have raided the Whetstone offices of International Wine Commodities Ltd (IWC), a company offering wine investments.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Decanter’s Wine Investment Guide part 2
By Decanter Staff Last updated
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Decanter’s Wine Investment Guide Part 3 – Rhone
By Decanter Staff Last updated
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Decanter’s Wine Investment Guide Part 4 – Archive
By Decanter Staff Last updated
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Ehrmanns sold
Debt-laden wine importer Ehrmanns, UK agent for brands including Blue Nun and Arniston Bay, has been acquired by an international wine investment fund.
By Richard Woodard Last updated
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Six arrested in Australian wine fraud
Fraud squad officers have arrested six people in connection with an Australian wine investment scam.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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March auction news: strategy and scepticism
By Howard G Goldberg Last updated
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Wine Traders International Ltd shut down
Wine investment company Wine Traders International Ltd has been ordered to close in the public interest.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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How to invest in wineBy John Stimpfig Last updated
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Bonhams to hold first New York auctionBonhams is entering New York City’s hotly competitive wine auction arena.
By Howard G Goldberg Last updated
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Wine investors ‘defrauded of £2.5m’The trial of six people involved in three allegedly fraudulent wine investment companies started in St Albans Crown Court this week.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Wine investment company boss jailedWine investment company director Benedict Moruthoane has been jailed for 7.5 years for fraud.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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En primeur & wine futures for beginners: Fine wine investment guideIf you're new to Bordeaux en primeur, here's Decanter's guide to understanding the basics of wine futures and fine wine investment
By John Stimpfig Last updated
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Collectors’ news: May 2011
Bordeaux 'embarrassed' by 2010
By John Stimpfig Last updated
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Auction news: May 2011
Burgundy bacchanal
By Howard G Goldberg Last updated
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Cars, cocaine and Cartier watches: court hears how one Bordeaux trader celebrated 2005The head of a wine investment company has admitted going on a cocaine-fuelled spending spree with investors' money but denies fraudulent trading.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Wine scam trial reaches final verdictA long-running trial involving a series of frauds, including wine investments, running into millions of pounds has concluded with the acquittal of the final defendant.
By Rebecca Gibb MW Last updated
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Chinese government approves wine investment fundThe Chinese government has approved the first-ever Chinese investment fund specialising in wine.
By Panos Kakaviatos Last updated
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Loan company to use wine as sole collateralAn asset management company is offering what it claims are the world's first pure wine investment loans.
By Adam Lechmere Last updated
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‘Don’t be a victim’: WSTA publishes wine investment guideA new investment guide highlighting the pitfalls and dangers of wine investment has been launched by the UK Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
By Adam Lechmere Last updated
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Bordeaux UK goes into voluntary liquidationWine merchant Bordeaux UK Ltd, which sold wine investments, has gone into voluntary liquidation.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Beaumont Vintners bankrupt, few assetsWine investment company Beaumont Vintners went into liquidation on 5 April.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Drouhin expansion caps ‘big year for Oregon wine’Burgundy's Drouhin family has doubled its vineyard land in Oregon after expanding into the Eola-Amity Hills area, rounding off a series of wine investments in the US state in 2013.
By Chris Mercer Last updated
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UK police probe suspected fraud at wine investment firmUK police say that they have exposed an investment firm that took up to £1m in orders for fine wine that it never had access to.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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UK court closes wine investment firm with millions owedA UK wine investment company that took millions of pounds of investors' money for wine it never had access to has been closed in the public interest.
By Jim Budd Last updated
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Apprentice finalist defends wine investment planTom Gearing is determined to prove Alan Sugar and The Apprentice judges wrong by expanding his fine wine investment business.
By Chris Mercer Last updated
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Eurozone crisis may trigger wine bubble, say expertsBy Maggie Rosen Last updated
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Auction news: Slice of historyAuction News by Howard G Goldberg, from Decanter Magazine July 2012 issue, as Mel Brooks’ famous creation looks back on 2,000 years of wine.
By Howard G Goldberg Last updated
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Wine investment firm disappearsAnother UK-based wine investment company has disappeared leaving many of its customers empty handed.
By Jim Budd Last updated