Classic Wines

I think it safe to say that everyone who reads this column is in some way shape or form familiar with a wine auction index. Many publications have one, and refer to it from time to time to track the value of a certain bottle of wine over the years, an...

Most of us by now are aware of the controversial methods wine.com employed recently to "enforce" the law against their competitors. And while this column isn't really geared towards opinion of those actions, as a collector I asked myself, what does th...

One doesn't often think of Champagne when they think of investment potential. But why not? It is a scare commodity, a rather pricey one, can age pretty well (though not as long as Bordeaux, typically) and is sought by those with money. Oh and then ther...