The Antique Wine Company is offering limited-edition collections of the finest vintages from each of Bordeaux's eight most illustrious châteaux. Go to www.antique-wine.com for further information. Don't miss it.
Useful links:
www.chateau-margaux.com
www.vins-bordeaux.fr
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Art Market Update
Souren Melikian has an interesting update on the state of the art market + the new economic environment @ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/26/arts/melik26.php
A must read.
A must read.
The Country Girl
I accidentally came across the movie, The Country Girl (1954) directed by George Seaton, and decided to watch. Bing Crosby + Grace Kelly + William Holden were brilliant. Grace Kelly won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as the singer's long-suffering wife. In fact I am a huge fan of the trio, Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and William Holden. A must-see movie for classic movie fans. Useful links:
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Vatican Splendors
The Vatican Splendors exhibition will be on display at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Minnesota beginning September 27, 2008. To be notified when advance tickets go on sale, go to www.mnhs.org/vatican
Useful links:
http://vaticansplendors.com
www.mnhs.org
A must visit.
Useful links:
http://vaticansplendors.com
www.mnhs.org
A must visit.
Random Thoughts
What we . . . refer to confidently as memory. . . is really a form of storytelling that goes on continually in the mind and often changes with the telling.
- William Maxwell
How true!
- William Maxwell
How true!
Fine Wine Market
I found the article on fine wine market @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7521282.stm intriguing. In fact the fine wine market craze parallels more recent big diamond, rubies and emerald purchases by the rich and famous speculators. Amazingly buying wine through auctions, like gems and jewelry are becoming increasingly popular.
Useful links:
www.zachys.com
www.auctionconsultants.net
Wine is the new must have thing of the ultra-rich. Nothing says 'I'm rich' like pulling a $10,000 (£5,000) cork out of a bottle and in cultures like Asia and Russia that sort of behaviour is really a part of new wealth.
- Scott Zenko
With art you can collect it and enjoy it at the same time. Unless you are into the pleasures of simply looking at bottles the only way to enjoy a wine collection is to open the bottles and consume what' s inside, so you have just destroyed the value, if you will, of that particular piece of your collection.
- Douglas Barzelay
We believe wine is there to be drunk. We will try and make sure that the market is a bit more fair than simply one person having complete control and using it as a commodity really, as opposed to various bottles of slightly intoxicating fermented grape juice, which is really what we are talking about in the end.
- Simon Berry
Useful links:
www.zachys.com
www.auctionconsultants.net
Wine is the new must have thing of the ultra-rich. Nothing says 'I'm rich' like pulling a $10,000 (£5,000) cork out of a bottle and in cultures like Asia and Russia that sort of behaviour is really a part of new wealth.
- Scott Zenko
With art you can collect it and enjoy it at the same time. Unless you are into the pleasures of simply looking at bottles the only way to enjoy a wine collection is to open the bottles and consume what' s inside, so you have just destroyed the value, if you will, of that particular piece of your collection.
- Douglas Barzelay
We believe wine is there to be drunk. We will try and make sure that the market is a bit more fair than simply one person having complete control and using it as a commodity really, as opposed to various bottles of slightly intoxicating fermented grape juice, which is really what we are talking about in the end.
- Simon Berry
The Gridlock Economy
The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Live by Michael Heller is a brilliant book on the tragedy of the anticommons (a phrase I like) + too many people blocking each other from creating or using a scarce resource. How true!
Useful links:
www.gridlockeconomy.com
www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Michael_Heller
A must read.
Useful links:
www.gridlockeconomy.com
www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Michael_Heller
A must read.
James Biber's Idea
I found James Biber's Starbucks proposal + a better experience concept @ http://blog.pentagram.com/2008/07/james-biber-remakes-starbucks.php interesting and insightful. I think it was brilliant.
Useful link:
www.pentagram.com/en/partners/james-biber.php
Useful link:
www.pentagram.com/en/partners/james-biber.php
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