The following three notional wine investors won wine merchant Robert Rolls' 2003 Comic Relief Wine Investment Challenge:
Hugh Purvis of Portugal won £1,000 worth of wine because his chosen investment wines rose 47.36 per cent in value in the two years that have elapsed since Red Nose Day 2003. Second prize of £500 worth of wine goes to Ian Douglas, of London N3 for an increase in value of 29.34 per cent while Adam Shapiro of London E8 wins £250 worth of wine for choosing wines that rose 29.34 per cent.
Now is the time to enter the 2005 Robert Rolls Wine Investment Challenge. Select a notional £5,000 portfolio from Robert Rolls' current wine list of at least five wines from those nominated by the merchant and pay an entrance fee of £15 which goes straight to Comic Relief. The results will be announced in mar 2007. For more details contact robert@rollswine.com
The following table shows price movements of each of the wines chosen by Robert Rolls for the 2003 Wine Investment Challenge. The first column of numbers is the case price in pounds in mar 2003, the second the case price in pound in mar 2005 and last is the percentage return on investment. As you can see, there are all too few obvious generalisations about investing in wine.
| 2001 | Ch Mouton Rothschild | 900 | £960 | 6.67% | ||
| 2000 | Ch Cantemerle | 150 | £178 | 18.67% | ||
| 2000 | Ch Lynch Bages | 540 | £675 | 25% | ||
| 2000 | Ch Latour | 2750 | £3,220 | 17.10% | ||
| 2000 | Ch Talbot | 300 | £345 | 15% | ||
| 1999 | Ch Brane Cantenac | 180 | £225 | 25% | ||
| 1998 | Ch La Mission Haut Brion | 780 | £765 | -1.90% | ||
| 1996 | Clos du Marquis | 190 | £245 | 28.90% | ||
| 1996 | Ch Montrose | 375 | £407 | 8.53% | ||
| 1995 | Cheval Blanc | 1040 | £1,200 | 15.38% | ||
| 1990 | Cos d'Estournel | 785 | £932 | 18.73% | ||
| 1990 | Ch D'Yquem (half bottles) | 2100 | £2,170 | 3.33% | ||
| 1982 | Ch Mouton Rothschild (Imperiale) | 3800 | £4,000 | 5.26% | ||
| 2000 | Chassagne Montrachet, Niellon | 190 | £240 | 26.30% | ||
| 2000 | Chevalier Mont. Demoiselles, Jadot (6x75cl case) | 550 | £610 | 10.90% | ||
| 1998 | Charmes Chambertin, Tres Vieilles Vignes, Roty | 850 | £1,050 | 23.50% | ||
| 2001 | Vosne Romanee 1er Malconsorts, Cathiard | 325 | £504 | 55% | ||
| 1999 | Chambertin, Rousseau | 1450 | £1,666 | 14.90% | ||
| 1998 | Cote Rotie, Brune et Blonde, Guigal | 210 | £225 | 7.10% | ||
| 1999 | Chateau D'Ampuis, Guigal | 480 | £495 | 3.10% | ||
| 1990 | Dom Perignon | 685 | £880 | 28.50% | ||
| 1999 | Ornellaia (6x75cl case) | 350 | £338 | -3.40% | ||
| 1999 | Sassicaia | 795 | £835 | 5% | ||
| 1997 | Barolo Sperss | 1200 | £1,350 | 12.50% | ||
| 1998 | Torbreak, The Steading | 295 | £349 | 18.30% | ||
| 1998 | D'Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz | 400 | £486 | 21.50% | ||
| 1985 | Fonseca | 395 | £408 | 3.20% |