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Press Coverage
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- Chinese buy up French wines in New Year Spree The Scotsman, 25/05/2010
Trending
Ten most searched-for wine names*- 1. Latour2. Margaux3. Cheval Blanc4. Mouton Rothschild5. Lafite-Rothschild
- 6. Haut-Brion7. Yquem8. Lynch-Bages9. Leoville Barton10. Ausone
Provenance Company Profile
Provenance Fine Wines Ltd is the most recent member of the Lenagan Family businesses which are involved in the Leisure and Hospitality, Software and Sport sectors and are owned by Ian Lenagan, Adrian Lenagan, Simon Lenagan and Sandra Lenagan.
Businesses range from the London Stock Exchange AIM-listed Software business WorkPlace Systems plc, which formed in 1986 and is still 48% Lenagan-owned to Just Voices Ltd, Oxford United Football Club Ltd, Innovative Solutions for Education Ltd, Wigan Rugby League Club Ltd and Oxfordshire-based small Hotel and Pubs Group, Linden Ltd.
Whilst not a formal Group of Companies, the Lenagan businesses all gain from the experienced involvement of key family members including extensive financial, operational, creative and management expertise.
Based originally around the family hotels and restaurants in Woodstock, Adrian and Ian Lenagan have maintained a keen interest in the buying, storing, and selling of wine since the mid-1990’s and, since 2000, in the capital growth advantages of fine wine investing. This was formalised in 2008 with the inception of Provenance Fine Wines Ltd – owned by the Lenagan family – with 35-year-old Adrian Lenagan as Founder and Managing Director. Provenance concentrates on the business of investing in Bordeaux fine wines for capital growth and benefits from Adrian’s extensive research of the sector. Adrian is married and lives in London.
The Company Secretary/Financial Director of Provenance is Nigel Hansford, a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience who is also Finance Director of Lenagan-owned Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club Ltd. Previously, Nigel was the Finance Director of Whelco Ltd, Dave Whelan’s £70m turnover Group of Private Companies and helped manage financially the transition of Wigan Athletic Ltd to Premiership status in 2005.
Market Movements
Ten best performers- 1. Latour (1998) £3801.00 +39%
- 2. Pin (1985) £18000.00 +33%
- 3. DRC, Tache (2000) £968.14 +33%
- 4. Lafleur (2002) £2495.00 +28%
- 5. Pichon Baron (1998) £766.59 +27%
- 6. DRC, Romanee Conti (2004) £4927.50 +26%
- 7. DRC, Romanee St Vivant (1998) £452.80 +25%
- 8. Petrus (1988) £13304.17 +23%
- 9. DRC, Romanee Conti (1993) £5798.98 +22%
- 10. Petrus (1985) £11800.00 +21%
- 1. Ducru Beaucaillou (1983) £1154.62 +65%
- 2. Suduiraut (1997) £559.10 +51%
- 3. Rieussec (1989) £780.00 +49%
- 4. Ausone (1986) £2400.00 +48%
- 5. Lafite Rothschild (1996) £6437.50 +43%
- 6. DRC, Romanee Conti (2004) £4927.50 +41%
- 7. Latour (2008) £6384.41 +33%
- 8. Latour (1998) £3801.00 +32%
- 9. Pontet Canet (1990) £1077.65 +31%
- 10. Dom Perignon (1999) £582.60 +31%
- 1. Ausone (1986) £2400.00 +48%
- 2. Ausone (1988) £2062.93 +2%
- 3. Petrus (1989) £34638.70 +2%
- 4. Latour (1998) £3801.00 +32%
- 5. Ducru Beaucaillou (1983) £1154.62 +65%
- 6. Latour (2008) £6384.41 +33%
- 7. Margaux (2008) £4397.97 +21%
- 8. Lafite Rothschild (2008) £8973.21 +8%
- 9. Carruades de Lafite (2007) £2977.00 +25%
- 10. Lafite Rothschild (2006) £7358.28 +12%
Ten worst performers
- 1. Louis Roederer Cristal (1999) £985.00 -47%
- 2. Margaux (1982) £8500.00 -30%
- 3. Ausone (2003) £13500.00 -27%
- 4. Ausone (1995) £4000.00 -26%
- 5. Ausone (1983) £2694.12 -21%
- 6. Pavie (2002) £913.35 -19%
- 7. Mission Haut Brion (2001) £1091.50 -18%
- 8. Cos d'Estournel (1997) £583.51 -17%
- 9. Mouton Rothschild (1996) £2997.86 -17%
- 10. Pichon Baron (1986) £888.94 -17%
- 1. Lafleur (2005) £2975.57 -71%
- 2. Louis Roederer Cristal (1999) £985.00 -47%
- 3. Climens (1996) £453.11 -42%
- 4. Ausone (1994) £1987.41 -35%
- 5. Ausone (2003) £13500.00 -33%
- 6. Margaux (2000) £8500.00 -31%
- 7. Ausone (1983) £2694.12 -30%
- 8. Ausone (1995) £4000.00 -29%
- 9. Petrus (1985) £11800.00 -29%
- 10. Pontet Canet (1985) £505.00 -25%
- 1. Lafleur (2005) £2975.57 -71%
- 2. Climens (1996) £453.11 -53%
- 3. Ausone (1994) £1987.41 -37%
- 4. Margaux (1990) £8583.00 -37%
- 5. Pavie (2002) £913.35 -36%
- 6. Dom Perignon (1998) £825.00 -36%
- 7. Ausone (1989) £2600.00 -35%
- 8. Ausone (1995) £4000.00 -34%
- 9. Pin (2005) £19388.81 -33%
- 10. Ausone (2003) £13500.00 -31%
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