Sadly enough, all rare wine collectors today are at risk for fraud. It’s the role of a skilled broker to investigate the provenance and authenticity of any bottles you’re considering for purchase, in order to protect you and your money. There ar

Sweet Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeWhen a winemaker decides to produce a sweet wine, he or she faces a dilemma: sugar is required to make the wine taste sweet, but the sugars in grape juice are converted into alcohol during fermentation. Because of this,

Rose Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeThere are three basic methods of rose wine production: limited skin maceration, saignee or “bleeding,” and blending. As we mentioned in our guide on Red Wine Basics, red wine gets all of its color from the time it spends

Sparkling Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeDuring the process of fermentation, yeast cells convert the sugar in grape juice into ethyl alcohol, heat, and carbon dioxide. Still wine is typically fermented in open vats where the carbon dioxide can dissipate, b

White Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeWhite wine begins its life in the same way as red wine: grapes are harvested and then brought to the winery where they are sorted and crushed. Unlike red wine, however, the juice of white grapes is almost always pressed

Red Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeWhen grapes destined to be made into red wine are harvested, they are brought to the winery to be sorted and crushed. The crushed grapes are then placed in a vat to undergo the process of fermentation, where yeast cells c

In an upcoming interview with Wine & Spirits Magazine, Master Sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier responds to the question of whether there’s a wine she’s never had that she’d like to taste by saying that she “would not say no to a glass of Romanee-Co

Estate Wine Brokers has recently learned that Chateau Phelan Segur, a 70-hectare property in the commune of Saint-Estephe, is set to be sold to Belgian businessman Philippe Van de Vyvere in early 2018 for an undisclosed sum. Founded in the earl

Founded in 2013, Estate Wine Brokers is a dynamic startup operated by two wine professionals with over three decades of combined experience in the industry.  In this entry, we will profile our Founder and Chariman Alex Andrawes.Dallas-native Ale

Our investment methodology follows four basic steps:1.Information – We closely follow harvest reports and monitor trends in the auction and retail markets in order to harness supply and demand from the point of true opportunity. We are not mesmeri