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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Your condition report explained: the importance of provenance in the world of fine wine investment
Date posted: April 17, 2009
When investing in fine wine it is of fundamental importance to ensure that all wines purchased are of unquestionable provenance. At Provenance Fine Wines we request full condition reporting for all of our clients’ wines. These are carried out by staff at Vinothèque (our preferred wine-storage facility).
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The Times Discusses Fine Wine Investment
Date posted: April 10, 2009
Investors in fine wine will have been interested to see an article published in The Times this week which brought news of recent auction activity as well as discussing the fortunes of the fine wine market more generally.
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Wine Investment: The New 1855 Classification
Date posted: March 30, 2009
The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 (or Grand Crus Classés (Great Classified Growths)) was borne out of Emperor Napoleon III’s request for a classification system of France’s best Bordeaux wines.
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Wine Investment: A real window for opportunity
Date posted: March 27, 2009
The Financial Times has just published an article trumpeting the emergence of new wine investment funds following the bottoming out of the market in 2008.
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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