• Fine Wine Auction markets are demonstrating double-digit growth
• Fine Wine is uncorrelated with stocks & bonds, thus offering a risk hedge
• Fine Wine is a luxury category appealing to less price sensitive consumers
• The supply of fine wine is somewhat fixed and depleting regularly
• New regional markets are emerging for fine wine consumption growth
The five year appreciation of the 2000 vintage since release is an example of similar gains seen with other good vintages and wines.
"...I don't believe in purchasing wine for an investment but for those that do...
you can never go wrong...over the long term of 10-15 years...in buying great
Bordeaux from the great vintages...as high as 2005 Bordeaux prices were...the
opening prices will look like bargains in 10 years...much as 2000,1996,or 1990
look today."— Robert Parker, 22nd January 2008 in an eRobertParker.com blog posting
