1)Buying ready bottles wines.
People have been drinking and worshipping wines of thousands of years. The Romans started planting vine in Bordeaux circa 50AD, laying the foundation for some of the greatest vineyard in the world today, and probably the best investment grade wines. The wine trade has been booming since the Romans left what is now France in the 5th century.
In 1855, Napolean III requested a classification for the best Bordeaux wines. Brokers from the wine industry ranked the wine according to trading price and a Chateau’s reputation.
The wine were ranked importance from first to fifth growths(crus). These have been no significant changes in this classification except in 1973, when Chateau Mouton-Rothschild was elevated from a second growth to first growth estate.
Wine investment has been going for hundreds of years. It is believe that Nobleman in those days kept inventory of their favourite wine years after years; until they found out that their underground cellar was full. They sold off some of their older vintage wine collections to make room for their new wines. And they found out they actually make a profits from selling their older wine collections.
2)1855 Medoc Wine Classification ranked importance from first to fifth growths (CRUS)
Start with five 1st growths: Chateau Lafite, Chateau Latour, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Maragaux and Chateau Haut-Brion
Also consist of 14 Seconds Growth; 14 Thirds Growths; 10 Fourths Growth and 18 Fifths Growths. Source from www.medoc-wines.com
3)Wine investment today.
For you, the investor, an investment grade wine should have the following attributes: be from a limited production, be produced under strict regulations, be from a recognised system of classification and have a complexity of taste and longevity to improve in quality with age.
When investing in fine wine, provenance and buying the best wine from the top performing Chateaux from the best vintage is of upmost importance. The most common strategy and easiest way to invest in wine is to purchase ready bottled fine wines in the market. They are usually available in case of 12 bottles (75cl).
And good news is, you done have to dig a cellar under your house to keep and age your wine. Wine bought for the purpose of investment can be directly store into custom-free storage holding, ‘in bond’ with a small fees ( currently it is cost about £125 per annum for up to 5 cases of wine store in Octavian, a leading long-term underground storage facility in London, UK) and it is fully insured.
And to realise an investment there has to be a market to sell to. There is no better than the universal wine market, where too many would-be purchasers are always chasing a finite level of top quality.
