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Fine wine prices continue to rise; driven by Asian demand

P.S. Stay tuned for November results from 17 worldwide auctions (results will be compiled by mid December although individual auction results appear on WinePrices.com as they are added). WinePrices.com's wine price indexes continued to rise ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  19 Nov 2009

Fine wine flash sales

A "flash sale" is a generic term applied to limited time (typically 24 to 48 hour) sales featuring a single item, or modest number of items from a single brand or small group of brands, typically at 50%-70% off suggested retail prices.  One of the most ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  11 Nov 2009

Stamping out wine counterfeiting

The counterfeiting of any item is more likely when two conditions exist: The item is substantially more valuable than the cost to fake it.The identification of fakes is difficult or inherently subjective. Unfortunately, fine wine easily satisfies both ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  9 Nov 2009

New access to mainland Chinese wine market from Hong Kong

At the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong International Wine Fair today, John Tsang, Financial Secretary (on right in photo), announced an important step towards streamlining access to the Mainland Chinese wine market: "I am pleased to tell you that we ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  4 Nov 2009

The ultimate book of luxury wine cellars

Various styles, sizes, and ambiances of wine cellars are depicted with large scale, glossy photos (including double page spreads to ensure you can fully capture the scale of some cellars).  I wasn't surprised the author works at Metropolitan Home ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Home Magazine,  Nestor, Inc.

Marketplace: Wineries' alternative to Amazon

This afternoon's announcement (see Wine Business story) by Amazon that it is killing its wine program came as a bit of a surprise given the hard work put into the initiative over the past several years.  But, as anyone operating a wine retailing ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  23 Oct 2009

China's ongoing impact on the fine wine market

Are you already paying higher prices for fine wine in the U.S because of demand from Hong Kong and mainland China?  Absolutely.  And if you're a first growth Bordeaux drinker, don't expect relief any time soon. Virtually all major auction houses have ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Goldman Sachs

Fine wine prices surge in September auctions

WinePrices.com's wine price indexes were up strongly in September after the normal summer slow period in global wine auction activity. The top three most actively traded fine wine indexes were up 9%-12% in September and 33%-44% year to date. Every ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  21 Oct 2009

Update on Vinfolio's Hong Kong plans

Now that our financing is completed and the Vinfolio Marketplace is launched, we're finally in a position to resume our focus on expanding our existing Hong Kong operation Our immediate next step in Hong Kong is to convert our Vinfolio Hong Kong web ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  5 Oct 2009

Wine shipping test #1: Overnight priority in extreme hear

Please choose a name for your RSS feed: RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes inventory changes to a wide number of people. Think of it as a one-stop shop for ...

From STEVE BACHMANN, The Wine Collector,  2 Oct 2009

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