Editing Wine (section)

== Collecting ==
{{See also|Aging of wine|Investment wine}}
[[File:Margaux94 1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Château Margaux]], a [[First Growth]] from the Bordeaux region of France, is highly collectible.]]
Outstanding vintages from the best vineyards may sell for thousands of US dollars per bottle, though the broader term "fine wine" covers those typically retailing in excess of US$30–50.<ref>For example, [[Berry Brothers & Rudd]], one of the world's largest dealers, start "fine wine" prices at about £25—in March 2009 with a wine from [[Au Bon Climat]] [http://www.bbr.com/fine-wine/offers website "Fine wine offers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120114418/http://www.bbr.com/fine-wine/offers |date=20 January 2012}}.</ref>{{needs update|date=April 2025}} "[[Investment wine]]s" are considered by some{{who|date=April 2025}} to be [[Veblen good]]s: those for which demand increases rather than decreases as their prices rise.
Particular selections such as "Verticals", which span multiple vintages of a specific grape and vineyard, may be highly valued. The most notable{{whom|date=April 2025}} was a [[Château d'Yquem#Since 1968|Château d'Yquem]] 135-year vertical containing every vintage from 1860 to 2003 sold for $1.5 million.
The most common wines purchased for investment include those from [[Bordeaux wine|Bordeaux]] and [[Burgundy wine|Burgundy]]; [[cult wine]]s from [[Europe]] and elsewhere; and [[Port wine|vintage port]].

Investment in fine wine has attracted those who take advantage of their victims' relative ignorance of this wine market sector.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Château Lafake |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/business/2011/06/16/chateau-lafake |access-date=2023-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004234819/https://www.economist.com/business/2011/06/16/chateau-lafake/ |archive-date=2020-10-04 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>