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world's most coveted champagnes
The World's most coveted Champagnes
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Forbes.com data used in the Liv-ex 25 Index of Liv-ex.com, the London International Vinters Exchange, an electronic market for traders in fine wine. Index tracks prices of 25 of the world's most coveted Champagnes. Prices were followed between 30 June 2007 and June 30, 2008, for the cases of 750 ml bottles of wine in good condition and packed in their original boxes.
No. 1: 1996 Krug
Price: 2,350 pounds ($ 4713.4)
Gain twelve months: 56.7%
No. 2: 1985 Krug
Price: 2,340 pounds ($ 4693.4)
Gain of twelve months: 52.4%
No. 3: 1990 Krug
Price: 2,200 pounds ($ 4412.5)
Twelve Months Profit: 51.7%
No. 4: Krug 1988
Price: 2,400 pounds ($ 4813.5)
Gain of twelve months: 50.5%
No. 5: Krug 1995
Price: 1395 pounds ($ 2797.8)
Gain of twelve months: 46.8%
# 6: Louis Roederer Cristal 1996
Price: 2500 pounds ($ 5014.2)
Gain of twelve months: 42.9%
No. 7: Dom Perignon 1996
Price: 1,700 pounds ($ 3409.7)
Twelve Months Profit: 41.7%
No. 8: Dom Perignon 1982
Price: 2,400 pounds ($ 4813.6)
Twelve Gain months: 41.6%
No. 9: Living mensile 1996
Price: 1,768 pounds ($ 3545.9)
Gain of twelve months: 41.4%
No. 10: Louis Roederer Cristal 1989
Price: 3,200 pounds ($ 6417.9)
Gain of twelve months: 39.1%
Champagnes The world's most coveted
07/18/1908, 6:15 PM ET (Forbes) Next time to celebrate, pop open the Champagne – or perhaps not. Bubbles can provide a more valuable experience if you keep the cork in the bottle and sell it at auction.
Why? While global capital markets tanks have been following the subprime crisis, the price of a case of high-end bubbly is emerging.
The London-based Liv-ex Champagne 25 Index, which tracks the price of 25 of the world most sought Champagnes, rose by 27% in the 12 months ended in June. That goes against the increase of 8% in the Liv-ex 100 Index of the best wines (mainly Bordeaux), and 14.8% drop in the FTSE 100 during that period.
In Depth: World's most coveted Champagnes The
Twelve months ago, a case of Krug 1996 would have to backtrack a bit less than $ 3,000 in the auction market, but is now worth $ 4713.40. Louis Roederer Cristal 1989 is now worth 39.1% more than last year, bringing in $ 6417.90 a case.
Behind the numbers
It is a case simple demand exceeds supply. People are quick to glug Champagne as soon as you buy, according to Justin Gibbs, director of the London International Vintners Exchange, an electronic marketplace for trading in fine wines. While top Bordeaux reds are typically scheduled for 20 years, Champagne is ready to drink as soon as lines store shelves – and often is.
People tend to drink champagne with quickly, "says Gibbs. As a result, a crop can be scarce in a couple of years of being released by the producers. As the provision of high quality Champagnes declines, the price rises rapidly.
Thus a small increase in demand as someone simply looking for a case or two for a wedding, can bring the price up dramatically in some cases that remain after the initial launch.
There's the "bling factor" also is increasing the appeal and driving up the price of the best champagnes. "Champagne is what drinks in casinos around the world, on yachts of Russian oligarchs and the wives of players, so it is an element of flash money on it, "says Gibbs.
Bordeaux is firm
Driven by this demand, the price of Champagnes such as Krug, Dom Perignon, Louis Roederer Cristal have soared over the past year, beating the great names of Bordeaux as an investment, at least for now. While Bordeaux prices skyrocketed strong harvest in 2005 and then remained stable in 2006 wines, the 2007 harvest is considered weak, so some interest has declined – and returned to Champagne instead.
However, not enough to attract major investment funds wines outside their traditional staple red Bordeaux. "Historically, claret [the term British] Bordeaux red wine has performed much better than champagne, and we expect that to continue, "says Will Beck of London-based managers Wine assets, not currently invest in Champagne.
"What happens is that claret is taking a breather after an incredible performance in two years earlier, while Champagne has enjoyed a year relatively good in terms of performance. "Fine Wine Managers' Wine Fund, available to investors individual has returned 46% since its inception in 2006.
The shortage of supplies
While Champagne reviews may be driven by consumption, the price of fine red Bordeaux is only in part by a shortage of supply. Château Lafite Rothschild, for example, produces about 17,000 cases per year, while it is expensive, it costs much less than the wine of Château Petrus, which produces no more than 2,500 cases each year.
The figures on the Champagne production are harder to find because the houses are less forthcoming with information. This is one reason asset managers, like Beck are more comfortable investing in Bordeaux red, from the castles that produce them are open about their production figures. "There is more transparency about claret, "says Beck," and can work with a finite production figure for each year. "
What are the wines to invest or collect? Add your thoughts in the Readers Comments section. Peter Lunzer, a wine consultant based in London, the Wine Investment Fund, agrees that – for the moment at least – Champagne, which is only just beginning to emerge as an investment is a risky alternative to claret. "One of the reasons why to invest in Bordeaux, "he says," is that unlike champagne, there are plenty of international data on how prices have fluctuated over the years. "However, some say the tide may be changing." A group of investors who feel that there is only one way that Champagne prices are charge, and it is, "said Geoffrey Troy of New York Wine Warehouse, the partner of the North American auction for wines from Christie's." We are beginning to see a number of serious wine collectors who are buying serious amounts of Champagne as an investment. "Chambers of Louis Roederer
The passion for great wine and the desire to offset the policy limits castle "" naturally imposed on the development of Louis Roederer Champagne has, in recent years, driven by Jean Claude Frédéric Rouzaud and after acquiring an exclusive group of properties
around Reims Champagne House that although managed in a truly independent, they share the same philosophy of excellence, and today known as the "Louis Group Roederer. It consists of Roederer Estate and Scharffenberger, both in California, Maison Delas Deutz Champagne and the Rhone Valley, Ramos Pinto and vineyards in Douro, Portugal, * Les Domaines Ott in Provence, and the Château de Pez and Château Haut Beauséjour Bordeaux (Saint ESTEPHE), which joined in late 2006 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Pauillac) and Chateau Bernadotte (Haut Medoc). Louis Roederer also has an equally with the group at the Maison Duclot Descaves in Bordeaux.
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Our wedding was near the beach and this is what he did for the guests so they could have something tangible to take home instead of something edible, and a fond memory of the wedding instead of something cheap that gets thrown away: We bought a fish bowl, candle holder (they look like a small fish tank) per person. Put a little sand and some small colored shells at the bottom of each, and covered with resin just enough to cover all and leave a flat surface. So I dropped a piece of transparency paper had been printed with our names and wedding date on it and covered with a resin little more. After curing, it seemed that our names and wedding date were somehow printed inside the resin and floating above the shells. I tied a ribbon around the top of each one that matches our wedding colors and dropped a candle in each one … then placed one at each place setting at the reception. It is absolutely different, but has a bit of effort, especially for the 100 guests … probably could get all done with a weekend of work however. They cost about $ 1.50-$ 2 per piece to be performed.
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