Wine Knowledge and Buyback Guides
Market notes, storage checks, valuation references and handover tips to help collectors understand what affects value before selling.
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- Label
- Keep the wine name, vintage and volume clear
- Condition
- Photograph capsule, fill level and leakage signs
- Provenance
- Original cases, invoices or storage records help valuation
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Understanding Le Pin Prices: Vintages, Scarcity and the Resale Market
Le Pin's wine quality is quite close to that of Pétrus. Although it lacks some of Pétrus's “purity” and concentration, it combines oak and fruit aromas; a gentle swirl of the glass immediately releases layers of fragrance. The wine is essentially a counterpart to Pétrus, so their aromatic profiles are notably similar.
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One of the World's Most Expensive Dry Whites: Montrachet Grand Cru
Montrachet Grand Cru is one of Burgundy's finest grand cru vineyards for Chardonnay and is often described as among the world's most expensive dry-white appellations. A rare joint vinification involving the vineyard also became major news in the wine world.
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How to Identify Genuine and Fake Lafite: Labels, Bottles and Verification
Lafite's capsule is easy to recognise. Its design shows the château at the top and the words Lafite Rothschild in the centre. Capsules from the 1980s through 2002 are broadly similar, although the metal varies slightly across different shades of red.
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Why Is 1982 Lafite So Expensive?
With so many wines, why is Lafite the most famous? Of all the Lafite vintages, why is the '82 vintage the most expensive?Lafite's brand marketing and promotion naturally helped establish its popularity, while Hong Kong films such as Exiled, Young and Dangerous, Don't Go Breaking My Heart and God of Gamblers gave 1982 Lafite further exposure. Yet even without that publicity, the 1982 vintage genuinely had the remarkable qualities that elevated Lafite to iconic status.
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Penfolds Launches Two New French Wines
Penfolds partnered with Bordeaux's Dourthe to produce one of two French releases. Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago and Dourthe chief winemaker Ric Bonnafous worked together to blend grape varieties from Bordeaux (71%) and South Australia (29%) into the wine.
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Which Wines Have Collectible Value? Estates, Vintages and the Secondary Market
On the Left Bank are Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion; on the Right Bank are Château Cheval Blanc, Château Ausone and Pétrus. These eight names are among the best-known and most collectible, and their wines are of first-rate quality.
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Is Red Wine the Same as Wine? Categories, Collectible Value and Resale Basics
I. What Is Red Wine?It is worth noting that the term red wine does not simply refer to the colour of the finished wine, but to the colour of the grapes used to make it. In other words, the colour of red wine is not invariably a literal red.
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