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It's undeniable that the best wines have proved to be sound investments over the past few years. The fine wine market had an exceptionally buoyant couple of years from 2005 to 2007 and BB&R customers who own top end 1996 & 2000 clarets will have done very well indeed. 

Prices for the best 2005s have also moved upward and BB&R look forward to their physical arrival in the UK later this year, which should coincide with Robert Parker's report of the wines in bottle. Make no mistake, these wines will be legends.

The lack of any significant crossover or correlation between the financial and fine wine markets has been well documented, and whilst the recent turmoil in the financial markets has perhaps injected a little caution into the fine wine market, prices remain firm.  

The reason for this is easy to explain: fine wine is a tangible asset, it is a luxury product that we aspire to own, consume and know more about. It's much more useful than gold, and easier to enjoy than art.  Interest in wine is growing at all levels, and at the top end supplies are limited.  Moreover, the supply of any particular vintage of, say, Margaux, is constantly diminishing and, in the case of younger vintages, is constantly improving.

Demand for fine wine is growing.  The price rises that we have seen for the very best, driven largely by the super-wealthy and the "new" markets of the Far East, etc, are the ones that have grabbed the headlines but it is important to note that these are not the only wines that are selling. The number of potential new wine lovers, drinkers, buyers and connoisseurs in this increasingly wealthy and sophisticated world is unbounded.