Wine Investment in South Africa - Cape Wine Academy

List of Tables
Table 1 Key investment data, December 2010 ...................................................................... 9
Table 2 Liv-ex May 2011 Report showing wine asset progress against other markets ........ 10
Table 3 Interim Market Report, Liv-ex, March 2011 ............................................................. 10
Table 4 Wine Investment Fund, Return Analysis, 2011 ....................................................... 11
Table 5 Review of selected Châteaux performance, 2010................................................... 11
Table 6 Albany Portfolio Management Price Review and Growth, 2010 .............................. 18
Table 7 Liv-ex tracking of 200 ‘investible’ wines on a 100 index since 1988 ........................ 31
Table 8 Liv-ex June 2011 Market Report showing no monthly growth of top portfolios ........ 32
Table 9 Liv-ex top 50 wines’ monthly performance, 2011 .................................................... 37
Table 10 Auction price achieved by two traded wines over 5 years ....................................... 39
Table 11 Selected SA investment wines showing consistency of ratings, 2011 ..................... 59
Table 12 A breakdown of buyers at the CWG auctions over the last 5 years ........................ 63
Table 13 Comparison of prices achieved for special cuvee CWG wine and non CWG wine .. 63
Table 14 Selected white wines at Nederburg auction 2010 with increased values ................ 65
Table 15 Consistency of top investment wines over time at Nederburg Auctions .................. 65
Table 16 Selected same wine Nederburg Auction prices over time ....................................... 66
Table 17 Comparison of release and Nederburg auction prices, showing growth over time .. 67
Table 18 Current prices of icon wines comparison 2011 ....................................................... 71
Table 19 A subjective list of investible SA wines of varying risk ............................................ 72
List of Figures
Figure 1 Sotheby’s Wine Auction, Catalogue extract, 2010 .................................................. 20
Figure 2 Sotheby’s bottle ullage catalogue description, 2011 ............................................... 38
Figure 3 Three popular home wine fridges ........................................................................... 50
Figure 4 A selection of underground cellars from Spiral Cellars UK ...................................... 51
Figure 5 Survey results of icon SA wines ............................................................................. 57
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