I was flicking through the “wine” news this morning. One of the big bits of news out of the States this weekend was an auction of the wines of this bloke called Aubrey. He was a big swinger in the energy world who drove his car into a bridge and killed himself, not nice, …
So last one before we get onto the wine itself was something else that was obvious from our tours round both the vineyards and the winery. Hambledon, like a lot of wineries in the UK, has been so successful that expansion is now the aim of the game. But how do you do that when …
Hambledon Trip #3 – What’s The Best Way To Invest In Wine Right Now? Read More »
Anyone who follows the wine press will have seen plenty of articles in the last few weeks about how much the 2015 Bordeaux releases cost. The 2015 vintage of Bordeaux is trading in a futures market at the minute, where you buy the wines 2 years before they’re released. So everyone’s waiting to see how …
I was reading in the press the other day about a company in London called Woolf Sung. They’re a wine merchant that specializes in, amongst other things, fine wine investment. Things have been going pretty for these guys, and fair play to them, and they’re now looking for money to expand their operation. Fair play …
The availability of Southern Italian wines has never been incredible. Massive co-ops producing generic Pinot Grigio with little taste and even less texture had been the norm for years. Why? Well wine production in those states just doesn’t pay the bills. Or at least it didn’t for a long while. So no one was producing …
Southern Italy Simplified #1 – Is There A Point In This? Read More »
