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Flight into quality restores a fine wines merchant

By Bob Sherwood
FT.com
24th August 2009

When the economic crisis struck, prices of fine wines plummeted – and left Suffolk-based Seckford Wines fearing a painful recession.

Yet the fine wines merchant is actually increasing its "multi-million pound" turnover as the market has proved surprisingly resilient.

Investors pour into liquid assets

By Ellen Kelleher
FT.com
17 July 2009

The returns on Château Lafite and Château Latour have outpaced the FTSE 100 over the past 12 months, prompting wine aficionados to add more bottles to their cellars instead of buying shares.