Wine and Spirits

Is Your Wine Real Or Fake

May 10, 2011
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With vintage wine prices being so high many investors are trying to insure their wine portfolios.  With so many people buying fake collections it has scared away so many insurance companies. Insuring wine goes down the hatch, not up in smoke By Leslie Gevirtz There’s a growing market for insuring fine wine as even people [...]

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Can Wine Be The Solution To Inflation?

May 6, 2011
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With many investors worrying about inflation they are driving their money into tangible assets.  Many of these investors have started to look at alternative investments like vintage wine. Drink to That? Acquiring a Taste for Wine Investment By JOHN JANNARONE With many stocks setting records, it is tempting to open a fine bottle of wine [...]

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Are The Strong Returns In Collectable Items?

May 3, 2011
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Many investors have started to steer their money into funds that invest in collectible items.  Over the past year there has been a couple of big classic car funds that have started up.  There has even been a large fund started to invest in guitars. Classic cars are the stars of the latest investment vehicle [...]

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Is China The Next Big Wine Market?

May 1, 2011
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The Chinese wine market has been growing at a very quick pace.  This growth has gotten the attention of many investors. Interest in Wine Investing Grows as China Drinks More By: Allison Browne Asia is taking a sizeable swig of the market share when it comes to wine. In fact China, including Hong Kong, became [...]

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What Wines Should You Invest In?

April 30, 2011
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Some wine experts are recommended that wine collectors invest in the 2010 Bordeaux vintage wines. Topping Up Your Wine Portfolio By: Jessica Hartogs If you want to invest in wine, look no further than the Bordeaux vintage wines of 2010, which are being called unique by connaisseurs,Stacey Golding, investment director of Premier Cru Fine Wine [...]

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Wine Collections Get Over US$17 Million

April 26, 2011
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The 2011 Sotheby’s auction has received over US$17 Million for wine collections so far.  Many investors are buying up alternative assets like wine and spirits because they have done very well over the past couple of years. Sotheby’s Spring 2011 Sales of Two Private Wine Collections Achieve a Combined Total ofUS$17.5Million HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong [...]

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Is The Wine Industry Making A Comeback?

April 11, 2011
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So far in 2011 the wine industry has seen an increase in mergers and acquisitions.  Some people feel that this might be a start of a comeback for the wine industry. Anticipated rebound in wine consumer, acquisition spending could expand pool of M&A buyers in 2011 By Mario Zepponi, Matt Franklin and Cody Jennings There [...]

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Chinese Art Sells For Over $400Million

April 8, 2011
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The world art market has proven to be very bullish.  Sotheby’s recently sold $447 million worth of art at their most recent Chinese auction. Sotheby’s sells record $447 million of Asian art (Reuters) – Auction giant Sotheby’s sold $447 million worth of Asian art, wine, watches and jewelry in its Asian spring sales, in another [...]

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Tired of Traditional Investments?

April 8, 2011
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Many investors are tired of traditional investments.  These investors have either been burnt in these markets or are just turned off by their recent performance.  This has led these investors to look outside of the box at alternative investments. Fed up with Isas? Try our guide to alternative investing By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Filled up [...]

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Chateau d’Yquem, The Next Lafite?

March 26, 2011
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Will the Chines scoop up all the CDY they can get their hands on? Wine expert Peter Lunzer certainly thinks so! Less than six months since the announcement that the sweet wines of Bordeaux can be imported into China officially, what impact can we expect to see on the wine investment market place? Lunzer Wine [...]

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