subject: Wine Investment: Getting Started [print this page] For those of us who have a nest egg in an attempt to find a good investment for these volatile times can seem like a real headache. Ideally looking for an investment that is relatively free of risk, will (at least) a reasonable return, and does not require months or years of study or practical experience to master. Investing in wine fits the bill admirably, and has a gold border: At the end of the day, you can always enjoy a small portion of their investment over a meal with friends.
That is something you cannot do with stocks and shares or bonds! Fermented grape juice can, at least at first seems a strange thing to sink their money, however, as an investment area, which has withstood the ravages caused by the recent global financial crisis and, and is something that people increasingly economic sense to realize, while occasionally a quality drink in hand.
In the heart of wine country investment is the classic law of supply and demand that he learned long ago at school or university. If a wine demand and supply is finite, then, when supply falls, demand will increase and the price will go up. The application of this wine: The wine you are thinking of investing in, it will be popular in a few years time? Will it hold? Will it taste even better in a few years? How can I save? When is the right time to sell?
When a vintage wine is very popular and highly desirable to reach maturity, people begin to consume him. As soon as the cork disposed in one of these cylinders, the value of unopened bottle because there are fewer in order to directly around. But how do you know which wines are a good investment? You cannot talk about scoring wines, not the infamous (well, in wine circles) as critic Robert Parker.
Are wines scoring system has a great influence on the value of a wine? It is known that the price of a bottle for raising thousands of dollars, all with the score awarded. Although there are other ways to choose a good wine to invest in, Parker score cannot be ignored. There is a frequently cited example. A bottle of 2003 Scarecrow (a wine from California) had a score of 98 out of 100 for Parker. This score only sent the value of a bottle of $ 100 per bottle to $ 1000 per bottle.
That kind of return is the exception not the rule, but an investor may well lynx relatively low purchase price of a wine that will mature later and are in high demand.
The cost of this is not exorbitant, and sometimes included in the cost of their services, or they help you choose and buy their wines. To begin, contact and develop a relationship with a distributor that imports of wine from a vineyard you like. So, if you want to sell wine in particular, there is no doubt about its origin. Make sure it is a wine importer who has been in business for several years.
Finally, this is not an investment to stumble in the dead, but if you take the time to look around on the internet, read some articles, and contact with a wine distributor / importer, then you put the first steps of what many have found an interesting and profitable home for their investment money.
