Recent Blog Posts
- Fine Wine Investment Seminar, Wednesday 12th February 4/02/2014
- The Wine Advocate’s Grand World Tour 2014 20/01/2014
- Fighting Counterfeit 11/11/2013
- The Classés of 2012: Trends over the past year 4/10/2013
- Bordeaux 2010: The Latest Opinion 22/02/2013
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Ten most searched-for wine names*- 1. Dom Perignon2. Petrus3. Pin4. Montrose5. Cristal
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Hong Kong Auctions Kick Off 2011
Date posted: January 28, 2011
The 2011 auction calendar kicked off in earnest this past weekend, with Hong Kong playing host to three headline sales in just two days.
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The Future of Wine Investment – Transparency is Everything
Date posted: January 26, 2011
When one considers the market for fine wines as a whole, prices are rising and the role of the investor is becoming even more important, complementing (but thankfully not yet supplementing) the role of the consumer and collector. Read full story...
Hong Kong Kicks off the Wine Auction Season with a Gavel’s Bang
Date posted: January 26, 2011
South African entente Wines From Boer and Brit
Date posted: January 24, 2011
“Entente” is of course from the French, meaning ‘mutual understanding’ and is often used in terms of military history. It is aptly used, therefore, in a new wine offering from the direct descendants of two opposing Boer War generals under a label called Boer & Brit. Read full story...
Summergate Splits With Rothschild
Date posted: January 21, 2011
The Chinese importer Summergate and Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) have decided to end their very successful seven year partnership, chiefly because Summergate does not want to sell a portion of itself to DBR. Read full story...
Auction News
- Weekend Wine Auctions Raise $18 million wine-searcher.com, 25/03/2014
- Hart Wine Auction Totals $5.05 Million as Lafite ’82 Leads Sale businessweek.com, 25/03/2014
- Sotheby’s hails success of Drouhin direct cellar auction decanter.com, 11/03/2014