Very Few Wines are ‘investment grade wines’ and not all fine wines make good investments.
Investment grade wines (IGWs) are highly sought-after fine red wines, principally from the historic French Bordeaux region, which are made from a select few world-famous wine growers (chateaux) steeped in tradition and only available in extremely limited quantities. They are wines that have the potential to increase in quality with age.
An IGW will not only have the weight of European history and tradition behind it, but will also be highly-rated from leading wine critics, like Robert Parker, and will require ageing for considerable time in the bottle before it is ready to drink.
“The best investment-grade wines are produced in small quantities (up to a maximum of 20,000 cases) and it’s the demand-supply imbalance brought about through their consumption that drives prices higher over time. There is a finite number of bottles in existence, and for the best returns a medium-to long-term view needs to be taken. As the wines mature and improve they also become rarer and more desirable – which drives prices ever higher.”
The Daily Telegraph, UK
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