Elin McCoy
Wine Critic and Columnist at Decanter
Wine Critic and Columnist at Bloomberg News
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5 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Elin McCoy
Strategies to build a wine portfolio that could make you money and give you something delicious to drink. In 2012, Domaine Armand Rousseau Chambertin Grand Cru Burgundy, vintage 2010, was released at £5,000 ($6,638) a case. Ten years later it was selling for more than £60,000. Would-be wine investors get stirred up by numbers like these—a 1,100% increase. After all, the number of bottles of a top wine is finite. As people drink them up, ever-increasing scarcity drives their value higher.
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3 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Elin McCoy
Hi, Top Shelf readers, it’s Elin McCoy, with the latest on wine. Although vintners in Provence are complaining about the new roadside wine vending machines rolling out across their region, I can’t think of a better start to summer than having rosé at the ready.
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1 month ago |
bloomberg.com | Elin McCoy
Our critic’s top choice for a collectible California cabernet. (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- A seductive taste of earth and ethereal red fruit makes Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s Romanée-Conti one of the most collectible pinot noirs in the world. As its satiny texture and complex flavors unroll across your tongue, you realize just how profound a wine can be. It comes from a tiny 1.8-hectare (4.5‑acre) grand cru vineyard on a limestone slope in Burgundy, with the name incised in the stone wall.
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1 month ago |
bloomberg.com | Elin McCoy
Plus: Napa vineyards trade the tasting room for the tasting dinner, and an incredible new $250 cabernet. This article is for subscribers only. Hi again, Top Shelf readers, especially you wine lovers. It’s Elin McCoy, and I’m here with the latest wine news. What’s that about Bordeaux’s annual en primeur circus? The mega collector who sued auction houses over counterfeit wines now unloading gems at one of them? Convivial chimps in Guineau-Bissau sharing booze? (Yes, that’s really a thing.)
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2 months ago |
bloomberg.com | Elin McCoy
In this week’s Top Shelf wine newsletter: vintages from Bhutan, an English sparkler, and Burgundy best buys that get around Trump’s tariffs. This article is for subscribers only.
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RT @elinmccoy: Thanks so much for setting this up. I write from outside New York City and have never read this book, but love and have hike…
Thanks so much for setting this up. I write from outside New York City and have never read this book, but love and have hiked in the Cairngorms.
RT @newbordeaux: This should be fascinating. https://t.co/5GMymoV3tA