5 rules of investing in wine collection

1. Be aware of estimates of wine critics

Prices for wine, that is, on your “action” depends on the evaluation of wine experts. Exemplary in the first class are not always in the Tenth Five – the same with wine. If the high score is confirmed at the stage of maturation of wine or rises above – you’re in the black. In addition, the evaluation of wine are often new investment opportunities – the price of highly rated wines Parker immediately take off on low priced – fall.

2. Buy wine with proven provenance

Provenance – a guarantee that the wine is genuine and properly stored throughout its history. More cheap wine, properly preserved, will be more expensive luxury that you store in the attic. Certificates of good provenance are:

• documents that allow to trace the “path of wine” from the manufacturer to the buyer. The smaller wine changed owners – the better.
• external signs (the state Tube labels, the filling of the bottle).

3. Buy only from trusted sellers

The simplest solution, which guarantees the authenticity of the wine, the right conditions for storage and transportation. At a special online auction wine can be bought cheaper, but higher risk “puncture.” Although formally any wine sold on sites such as Vinfolio is the quality of examination.

A short list of recommended wine funds, wine merchants and online sites, see our article on strategies for investing in wine.

4. Buy wine futures and bottled, but not received by the sale of wine (prerelease)

It’s cheaper. Prices for Bordeaux futures are announced each summer, two years before the wine on store shelves. Buy wine futures can be either through a special wine funds (in this case, the minimum investment will amount to several thousand pounds), or on the stuff “- through the western wine merchants that provide these services.

5. Invest for the long term

Elite youth do not drink wine. Their taste depend on time. Bought en premier; sold when the wine is already possible to drink – it’s at least through 5-7-10 years. In the price difference between the newly produced and ready for use with wine is the meaning of wine investment. Price curve is not shaking, and performs several pre-predictable jumps. Short-term play is also possible – especially immediately after the release of new numbers Spectator Vine and Vine advocate, but the chances remain at a profit here – as in any game.