Wine as food or wine as a

collectors’ item ?

Presented By: Yu Pan (ANDY)

People start to make wine out of grape juice,

since 6000BC

Initially, wine is just a kind of basic everyday beverage.

Now, wine is collectable.

Introduction

The Ancient Greeks and Romans discovered

the potential of aged wines.

Now people collect wine as personal interests or investment.

Wine as collectable item

Why is wine collectable

Master of Wine Jancis Robinson notes that only around the top 10% of all red wine, and top 5% of all white wines, are good for aging

Wine is able to improve its quality by itself

through aging.

Fine wines has been storaged for decades, not just to improve the taste, it also kept the cultural background with it.

Why is wine collectable

Cork introduced in 17th century, wine could

last much longer in bottle.

Crok

In Ancient Rome, wine were priced for their ability of

aging.

In 1851, The first Hospices de Beaune wine auction has been held in Bugendy.

November 2010, the most expensive bottle of wine has been sold for £192,000 ($304,375).

History of wine collection

$304,375 –1947 Cheval-Blanc

Wines has its story

$275,000 – Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck

Wines has its story

$156,450 – Chateau Lafite 1787

Wines has its story

Napoleon III requested a classification system

for France's best Bordeaux wines in 1855

Brokers from the wine industry ranked the wines according reputation and price.

1 to 5 class ,the first class is the finest.

Wine classification

Wine classification

The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris,

More and more people been attracted by the

combination of a glass of fine wine severed with delicious dishes.

Current statement

People start to collect and drinking more and

more fine wines.

Encourage wineries make better wine.

Another way to social

Influence

Guinness. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/most-expensive-wine-sold-at-auction/

Chateau Lafite. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.milliondollarblog.org/1787-Chateau-Lafite.htm

Collectible wine .(2008) . Retrieved from http://www.sommelierindia.com/blog/2008/11/did_you_know_what_makes_a_coll.html

Wikipedia. (2013). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine

Wine classification. (2013). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux_Wine_Official_Classification_of_1855

Cork.(2013). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_(material)

Heidsieck.(2013). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidsieck_%26_Co

Telegraph.(2013). Retrieved fromhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7589516/10-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-bottles-of-wine.html?image=1

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