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Drinking to the Future

Wine has been collected since the late 17th century by everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Lloyd-Webber, but any suggestion that it would be sold on for a profit, effectively creating a wine stock market, would in days gone by have made any gentleman choke on his venison steak.

issue 22 July 2006

Wine has been collected since the late 17th century by everyone from Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Lloyd Webber.  Not much has changed either, except the idea of wine as an investment  –  any suggestion that wine might be sold on for a profit, effectively creating a wine stock market, would in days gone by have made any gentleman choke on his venison. 

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