Thought I'd introduce this topic. It's fascinating from a connoisseur's standpoint and apparently can also make you money - presumably though wine auctions. Drinking also seems to a favourite past-time of many on this site, with mixed posting results.

I have a cellar of 100+ bottles, some of it very good (eg Neudorf Homestead Pinot Noir), most of it ordinary, and some downright appalling.

A starter question: how do you value wine that had aged if you want to sell it? And where do you sell it?

quote:As New Zealanders' wine drinking tastes become more sophisticated, more people are following Duke's example and storing wine to get the extra benefits such ageing can provide. And while cellaring wine can involve considerable costs, these are often more than offset by a sharp increase in the value of the stored wine.

In some cases, the returns on properly cellared top quality wine can make more traditional investments seem pale in comparison.
Source: Sunday Star Times 25/1/04. (Duke is the CEO of Briscoes)