1、US FINE WINE INVESTMENT REPORT CONTENTSINTRODUCTION 3MARKET SUMMARY 4 Whats driving US growth?5 The role of US wines in a portfolio 7CULT WINE INVESTMENT APPROACH 8 AND TARGET PRODUCERS Napa Valley,California 9 Santa Cruz Mountains,California 11 Sonoma County,California 12 Beyond California Oregon 1

2、3 and Washington CULT WINES|WINEINVESTMENT.COM3INTRODUCTION The US fine wine market has something for everyone.It offers world class single varietal Cabernet Sauvignon,Zinfandel,and Pinot Noirs alongside Bordeaux and Rhone blends that rival the best from their Old World counterparts.Wine lovers will

3、 also find top-of-the-line Sauvignon Blanc and nuanced age-worthy Chardonnay.The US landscape is also one of the most dynamic.Although Napa Valley is still the core fine wine region,more and more of Californias 140+American Viticultural Areas(AVAs)are churning out great wines with expanding global m

4、arkets.Add in the exciting wines coming out of Oregon and Washington state and you have a region that should excite collectors seeking a rare cult wine and investors who are after long-term returns.In this report,we summarise recent trends in the market,explain what a US wine allocation can do for y

5、our portfolio,and highlight some of the regions and producers on our radar.CULT WINES|WINEINVESTMENT.COM4MARKET SUMMARY FIGURE 1 Californias consistent outperformanceCalifornia 50 vs Liv-ex main indices 30 June 201230 June 2022Big gains from big namesYou may not have noticed,but US wines are quickly

6、 becoming a leading source of growth in the fine wine market.Most of the attention over the past two years has focused on the unstoppable Burgundy and Champagne regions,but US wines have been posting some big returns of their own.The Liv-ex California 50 index has outperformed the broad Liv-ex 1000