Blogs from the Vinalyst
4 March, 2013
Robert Parker’s 2010 bottle scores are the last scores that any trophy collector needs to worry about for the next couple of years. Having a serious cellar without any 2009 or 2010 Bordeaux wines would be unthinkable, whereas the same cannot be said for...
24 February, 2013
Château releases from three iconic estates drew the buyers to Sotheby’s New York sale on the 23rd of February. The offerings from all three wineries exceeded their high estimates and the auction house was able to boast a sell through rate of 99%.
Super...
15 January, 2013
At the start of every year there is always a bit of studying of tea leaves, animal entrails, rune stones or tarot cards.
I indulged in a bit of clairvoyance before Christmas and came up with a dreary result unlike The Wine Investment Fund that predicted...
20 December, 2012
Looking back at 2012 - Part 1 | Au revoir annus horribilis
I think it is fair to say that a number of people in the wine world will be looking forward to 2013 without a look over their shoulder; unless of course they want to offer some kind of rude...
29 November, 2012
New body to protect fine wine investors launches
The Wine Investment Association was officially launched today promising to set up regulations and processes that protect wine investments of private individuals.
The new self-regulatory body has been...
22 November, 2012
Christie’s are holding three sales on consecutive days in Hong Kong from the 23rd to the 25th of November. The highlight of these sales is an historic collection of wines from Château Lafite. The earliest offering is from the 1799 vintage and it is...
16 October, 2012
Fine wine brokers Aston Lovell have launched a new trading platform which allows non trade collector’s access to Liv-Ex, the wine equivalent to the stock exchange.
My initial impressions were that the system is ridiculously simple to use i.e. one button...
24 September, 2012
The auction held by Acker Merrall and Condit in Hong Kong realised HK$61,796,676 which translates to nearly US$8m. Not only did this exceed the presale estimate of HK$50m, but the auction also realised a very healthy sell through rate of 98%.
Whilst it...
17 September, 2012
Sotheby’s hosted two wine auctions last week, one in London on Thursday the 12th of September and one on Saturday the 15th in New York.
The UK auction headlined collections of Burgundy and Italian wines. The sale was relatively small with only 875 lots...
10 September, 2012
Clearly the Estate owners in Saint Emilion who are promoted or demoted believe that their fortunes will be affected. I think that the obvious inference would be that they will be able to charge more if they are promoted and less if they are demoted. As...
