Oeno to sell 30-litre Boerl & Kroff 1995 Champagne for £173K
10 March 2021 By Lucy Shaw
Fine wine investment firm Oeno is to sell a recently acquired 30-litre bottle of the 1995 vintage of hyper exclusive Champagne brand Boerl & Kroff for £173,000.
The 30-litre bottle of Boerl & Kroff Champagne has gone on sale for £173,000
This 30l bottle, known as a Melchizedek, is one of just four produced by the house from the 1995 vintage, making it one of the rarest Champagnes on the market. The fizz is made up of 90% Pinot Noir, 7% Chardonnay and 3% Pinot Meunier. The bottle up for sale was disgorged in 2012.
Oeno is offering the Champagne, which comes with its own stand, at a selling price of £173,000, and the firm is anticipating a high level of interest in the trophy wine.
Wine trade pays tribute to Steven Spurrier 10th March, 2021 by Lucy Shaw
Tributes have been pouring in from around the world for wine trade luminary Steven Spurrier, who died at his home in Dorset yesterday aged 79.
Steven Spurrier photographed at his Bride Valley vineyard in Dorset
A much admired and hugely liked figure in the wine trade, Spurrier began his career as a wine merchant in Paris, and went on to become a successful wine writer, educator, and most recently winemaker at Bride Valley in Dorset.
Spurrier famously organised The Judgment of Paris tasting 1976, when California wines unexpectedly trumped top French labels in a now legendary blind tasting that helped to put wines from the Golden State on the map.
Liv-ex enjoys busiest February trading period on record
10 March 2021 By Lucy Shaw
The coronavirus crisis doesn’t seem to be impacting the fine wine world, with Liv-ex experiencing its busiest February trading period on record last month.
DRC was a top performer for Liv-ex in February. Photo care of RareWine Invest
“This time a year ago as the Covid-19 pandemic began to throw global financial markets into turmoil, the benchmark Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 and 1000 indices were briefly knocked off course until a market rally in May/June.
“In a sign of how the market has bounced back since then, trade by value this February was almost double that of February 2020.
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