21 September 2010
Well, the news is now about to manage on Fine wine of this weekend by Christie's Hong Kong is a good reason. ".
Bloomberg writes http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/09/19/bloomberg1376-l8vovh1a1i4h01-4bgcfjgke06fo0ipsih9bc743f.dtl "" ???????"??????? Laftie's wine Auctions like Hong Kong sales Boom"
They call Lafite "Godzilla" because sold each bottle, much as the highest estimates exceeded. sales prices, which are already evaluated include buyer's premium on the hammer price Christie's Web site.
These are the results for
Lafite Rothschild:
1990 $ 2000
1995 $ 1400
1996 $ 2500
1998 1500 $
2000 $ 3100
2003 $ 1800
2006 1500 $
Latour:
90 $ 1500
95 $ 1200
96 $ 2000
00 $ 2700
03-$ 1800
Margaux
$ 2200 00
03-$ 1800
Ozone
00 $ 2800
03-$ 2200
Lynch Bages
1995 $ 725
These prices are for. Oh, they're one bottle. Each. Not a joke.Cases were full of $ 20,000-$ 35,000. each.
Now, look, Svt Hmbl-Obdt Mst change here does not want to sound like my end of the old man who say "back in my day …" I remember him good going into Mercedes Beverly Hills in 1972 when he decided to move it to the top of the stunning, and hear of the lungs, the observation of a sticker, holler "twelve thousand dollars for a car!They are out of their stated ??????? ING???"
However, there is the reality of this gentle readers pricing.I bought a case of 1982 Bages Lynch on publishing in ' 84.This cost me a whopping 20 bottle. it was going to happen in 1984.Lafite was 82 50 dollars to upgrade in ' 84. now, let us put all some perspective.Also in 1984, can buy a bottle of Cabernet Jordan for 17.I bought a bottle of Dom Perignon until $ 50 in the same year 1980. my father bought a Mercedes 300 SL of 35,000 dollars, 1984.
Don't really care to know what is this a case of Lynch Bages is equal to the day, because the sheer pleasure of enjoying it over 21 years and was worth.
Now today in 2010: Jordan taxi costs $ 50.Dom Perignon $ 125, the new SL is 100,000. material, clearly, is three times more expensive now 25 years ago.Besides, all seven hundred fifty Lafite happen more often.Clearly, these are prices for ??????? Sunday are clearly exceeding the normal way of inflation over time.
It means that, unfortunately, the new reality for the vast majority of the world's wine lovers is that they simply do not ever money to buy these wines, unless they have an annuity over seven figures.They will never taste the same unless they are good friends to billionaires.
Honestly, most likely, a whole generation of new wine drinkers will never get a chance to taste the best wines in the world.Back when I was at least from the world of wine can be tasted, Lafite and Margaux and Saint Peter. ability to taste the wines "ne plus ultra" is part of wine education.You do not understand the full meaning of each wine region without tasting the best products.I had the first ??????? from a dozen times more vintages. it helps me understand the rest of the area and assess the wines.
Unfortunately, I fear, the young friends will not be easy due to the economy of this opportunity.Let's face it, very few people can afford to pay for a bottle of wine in one of the equivalent of a new car payment down to.Unfortunately, even those Americans who have already found their Cellars wines are no longer possible to open them you blame them? ... can you flush down the toilet $ 2,000, literally? back in ' 89, my business partner took part of Lafite ' 78 with us on a trip to the desert where we camp drank it off the paper cups with steaks grilled on an open fire.Awesome.I don't think that brought him wine if it exceeds the equivalent of 3000 bottle.Who was it?
As reported on Bloomberg "I can't afford to drink it," said Brian importer, who is selling DiMarco 50 lots of wine at the end of this week's Christie, including bottled 1995. Carruades de Lafite, even the wine chateau's second, that he bought at 600 case, four or five times. "
The press service of these headings, latching wine still going "wine is the jump back one", "consumers are spending more" for wine again. well, this is simply inaccurate reporting. Yes those highest end after the tender price increase of the rate of wine astronomical as Asia snaps them.
However
Genuine reality in the u.s. today is above $ 30 market remains slow, and the best I saw recently Web wine business that article title "group has $ 30 is the FASTEST growing segment of the market!"Well, to read carefully, it was reported that over $ 30 piece went from 8% to 10% of sales sales in the year 2010 course 2009. so they exultantly it was 25% increase. well, it's true in its own way, but the wine consumption ??????? percent in the United States is still under 30 bottle distracted.
I visited with my good friend and colleague John Roenigk, nice Austin wine merchant, who has time to business with the best wines in the city I showed him the prices of Bordeaux above. "My customers are not interested in "response to its instant reports how much movement is with a particular ??????? Sunday in 2007 and after the initial hype 09s of vintage, but it was dropped like a rock red hot when prices were between quotation marks."My clients buy wine, you are buying a wine "Roenigk said," but these wines have become financial investment and assist my customers are buying ... where are they buying wine. they just say no ... 71st these prices, buy something else. "Trust me, these clients have the means to pay these prices, but they refuse.
California wine "quality" are going begging, for sale at rock bottom. John said repeatedly he now be much more specific about which of them stocks, as is their market is much softer than it once once I asked him if he saw no growth on average each bottle price 2010 over 2009, he immediately said "no, no one at all."
Only after the first publishing this segment, I saw an article online http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9621 by Robert dean and Professor of smiley, emeritus of the University of California, Davis graduate school of management. "Consumers can take advantage of opportunities to advance high-quality wines to buy discount prices significantly, he said.
"There has never been a better time to be a consumer of high quality wines," smiley said noting that over the past two years the prices of wines California higher-end have declined by an average of 15-25 percent .... most participants reported that they believe that consumers continue to search for wine purchases reality, less food survey, purchase a lower-priced wines, trends also noted in a survey last year.
These and other findings show smiley from two recent surveys of wine professionals, executives at 9 Sept. 21, Tuesday, during the annual wine industry financial first Napa Valley Marriott hotel.
Glad to know genuine data to support my analysis.
So, gentle readers, not to buy into the hype, just a few very rich yet. offer cash's temples, while others buy reality. Fortunately, there are lots of good reality outside. good traders, like John Roenigk, you can always find them for their customers.
Life
Most Moshein
Wine Austin guy
Comments (0)