Assignment 1 part b

1. By Adam Leach

2. Contense page
 History of wine
 Wine as a food
 Wine as a collectors item
 Challenges of cellaring
 Wine as cellared
 Cellaring / collecting
 Wine trade ( past)
 Wine trade ( present)
 The future of wine

3. The history of wine(a
introduction)
 Thorough History wine has been made and served
around the globe.
 Many parts of the world use wine as part of their
culture and religion.
 The wine industry is a very strong and established
industry and wine grapes are grown in most
continents around the world.
 Very common place for wine to accompany food
orders. Throughout history wine has also been
collected. This process is called cellaring and is
very popular all over the globe with some bottles
collecting large sums of money.

4. Wine as a food
 Wine has been presented or accompanied
with food for hundreds of years.
 Many times wine is presented as a food for
cultural reasons and also as a religious
sacrament.
 Wine pairing is considered an art form by
many, contrasting flavours and textures to
complement food and enhance its flavour.
 Wine is used Very frequently In cooking
recipe's.

5. Wine as a collectors item
 Although most people buy wine to drink
some collect wines they deem special.
 This applies for wine that is desirable to
buyers e.g. last of that particular vintage,
one of a certain amount made e.g. 1 of
100
 and wine of cultural significance or
special meaning to a person/persons.

6. Challenges of collecting
 Often hard to keep a bottle in ideal
conditions (Temprature ,
sunlight,secureness ).
 Most collectors Have to purchase a cellar
in order to keep wines Safe and in the
best condition possible.

8. Wine for cellaring
 Wine has been kept in cellars for over
hundreds of years
 It is more common to cellar a wine to
collect than to drink.(at a later date)
 Some cellared wines can cost $500 +
 Some wines age in the bottle and are
best to cellar before consuming however
some wines especially young wines can
deteriorate in the bottle.

9. The cellar

10. Cellaring/collecting
 Most Wine collected and stored in cellers
improve in price with age. These fine
wines or desireable wines can fetch
incredable sums of money at auction.
 This type of cellaring /collecting is
considered an investment.
 A bottle of Lafite-Rothschild sold for
an average amount of 490 USD, that
same bottle six years later sold for 2’586 USD

11. Wine trade ( past )
 Wine has been traded For many years both as
a food resource and as a collectors item.
 The military used wine to motivate troops in
the heat of battle
 Wine was traded for common commodity's
e.g. bread fruit etc.
 wine in the past was common place for
sacrifices and or religious gatherings.
 Shows an escalating trend in wine value .

12. Wine trade ( present )
 Wine plays a major role in todays market
and is mainly predominant in the food
industry and is extremely common to
accompany food with wine.
 Also collection of wine has grown
worldwide and the market for collection is
growing to meet customer demand.

13. The future of wine
 As wine plays such a major role in
everyday life and religion it is relatively
safe to say it holds a commanding role in
the future of world markets.
 Wine no doubt will not lose its investible
qualitys but still will retain its importance as
a food.

14. References
 1) Sandeep Ganesh, 2011
 http://www.examiner.com/article/storing-wine-considerations-pros-and-cons
 Retrieved: 2013/08/05
 2) Wikipedia, 2013
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicians_and_wine#Early_history_in_wine_trading
 Retrieved: 2013/08/05
 3)world wide wine,2013
 http://theworldwidewine.com/
 Retrieved: 2013/08/05
 4) Wikipedia,2013
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wine
 Retrieved:2013/08/05
 5) Wikipedia,2013
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_and_food_matching
 Retrived: 2013/08/05