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UK authorities to crack down on selling of wine investmentsThe UK Financial Services Authority is aiming to crack down on the selling of high-risk investments such as fine wine to inexperienced investors.
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China wine fund eyes California targetsA US$100m wine investment fund set up by China's Hina Group has no shortage of potential targets among top wineries in California, according to an adviser.
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Wine investment company goes into administrationWine investment company Vinance plc has gone into administration, affecting thousands of investors
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Wine investment standards body launchedThe Wine Investment Association, a self-regulatory body designed to set standards for wine investment, was launched in London yesterday.
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Vinance collapsed ‘owing wine worth £5m’
Collapsed wine investment company Vinance plc owed £5m-worth of wine to its 1,300 clients when it went into administration, according to administrators.
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Investment kitemark ‘should be global’ says WIAInvestment safeguards put in place by the Wine Investment Association and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau should ‘go global’, a WIA director has said.
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Wine investment firm Boltons goes underBoltons Investments Ltd has become the latest wine investment group to go into liquidation.
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Wine investment firm The London Vines collapses into liquidationAnother two companies offering wine investment options have gone into liquidation in the UK, including The London Vines Ltd with an estimated deficit of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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European Fine Wines Ltd headed for liquidationEuropean Fine Wines Ltd is the latest wine investment firm in the UK facing liquidation after ceasing trading.
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European Fine Wines Ltd enters liquidation with debts of £2mUK wine investment firm European Fine Wines Ltd has gone into liquidation with debts totalling £2m, more than double the original estimates.
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Collapsed UK firm Premier Cru transfers wine customers to Cult Wines -
Encarta Fine Wines Ltd enters liquidationWine investment company, Encarta Fine Wines Ltd, has gone into liquidation with sums due to creditors estimated at between £3.5 to £3.8 million.
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Vintage International Ltd director banned for wine investment scamOfosuhene Ofori-Duah, the sole director of wine investment firm Vintage International Ltd (Vintage), has been banned from being a UK company director for 9 years.
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Investment analysis: Roederer’s jewel, CristalWhat 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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Investment analysis: Fine wine trading platformsNew 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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Wine investment firm APW Asset Management enters liquidationAPW 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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Acker Merrall & Condit hails return of US wine buyersUS-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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Zachys praises New York demand as DRC and Krug lead sales -
1855.com and president fined by French financial watchdogFrance's financial markets authority has fined collapsed wine investment firm Heracles, previously called 1855.com, and its president a total of 350,000 euros for misleading investors.
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Wine investment firm APW Asset Management Ltd closed in public interestUK firm APW Asset Management Ltd (APW), which sold Australian wines for investment and capital growth using high-pressure sales tactics, was wound up by the High Court in Manchester on 25 March.
