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November auction news: Chinese pander – in black and whiteHoward G Goldberg looks at an auction catalogue that caters to its audience
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Collectors’ news: December 2010 issue -
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: September 2010 issue
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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: 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: May 2010 issue
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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: 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: February 2010 issue
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Collectors’ News: January 2010 issue
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Wine investment company boss jailedWine investment company director Benedict Moruthoane has been jailed for 7.5 years for fraud.
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Collectors’ news
Mouton 2008 price rockets
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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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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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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
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Collectors’ news: May 2011
Bordeaux 'embarrassed' by 2010
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Auction news: May 2011
Burgundy bacchanal
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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.
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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.
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Chinese government approves wine investment fundThe Chinese government has approved the first-ever Chinese investment fund specialising in wine.
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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.
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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.
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Bordeaux UK goes into voluntary liquidationWine merchant Bordeaux UK Ltd, which sold wine investments, has gone into voluntary liquidation.
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Beaumont Vintners bankrupt, few assetsWine investment company Beaumont Vintners went into liquidation on 5 April.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Eurozone crisis may trigger wine bubble, say experts -
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.
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Wine investment firm disappearsAnother UK-based wine investment company has disappeared leaving many of its customers empty handed.
