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Dear *|FNAME|*,
Strauss & Co has partnered with 5 of SA's most respected fine wine producers to offer Africa's first fine wine Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) – on auction now until 25 April. This is an opportunity to collect and invest in luxury NFT verticals of SA's finest wines.
Many of the wines within the NFT lots are extremely rare. Only a handful of the 1980 Rubicon and 1986 Vin de Constance are owned by the estates, and complete verticals likely don't exist outside the estates. Maiden vintages of Vilafonté Series C are impossible to find, Mullineux Olerasay is produced in minuscule quantities, and iconic vintages of Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2009 and 2003 are now also very rare.
While SA has produced wines for over 350 years, the historic wine estates such as Meerlust, Klein Constantia and Kanonkop have only been producing bottled wines for 4 – 5 decades. These 3 historic producers have reached a new level of quality within the last decade, however, while new producers such as Vilafonté and Mullineux have driven this fine wine boom.
For more information regarding NFT wine bidding, payment, trading, maturation and the blockchain technical parameters, please see here.
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Why NFTs?
Efficient wine trading & investment
NFTs are a highly efficient way to package a collection of wines for trading and investment. The digital contract, stored on the polygon blockchain, includes all the provenance, pricing, transaction, sensorial and ageing information. Once auctioned, the NFTs can be traded by the owner on any platform, radically increasing the liquidity and target market across the world. The NFTs include perfect cellaring of the wines until maturity, while the contracts are held in a custodial wallet or sent to a cold wallet, such as the Venox Vault.
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Bid on the auction
Bids open from 11 – 25 April
Capturing past, present and future vintages, these unique digital contracts encompass vertical collections from 5 of SA's most respected fine wine producers – Klein Constantia Vin de Constance, Kanonkop Paul Sauer, Meerlust Rubicon, Mullineux Olerasay and Vilafonté Series C. Each NFT holds between 20 and 50 vintages, with collections ranging from 66 to 288 bottles.
Browse the lots & register to bid >
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Webinar recording: NFT x Fine Wine
A panel of wine, auction & blockchain experts answer the FAQs
How will blockchain and NFTs impact the world of fine wine? Watch a panel of experts in fine art, wine and blockchain, as they discuss the NFT auction, as well as taste through the 5 wines to be auctioned online. Panelists: Susie Goodman (Strauss & Co Executive Director), Roland Peens (Wine Cellar Director and Strauss & Co Fine Wine Specialist), Gert-Jan van Rooyen (Stellenbosch University, Associate Professor Extraordinary, Internet Of Things), and Andrea Mullineux (Mullineux Family Wines).
Watch the webinar >
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'We are beyond excited to be launching Africa's first NFT auction online which we believe can play an important part in generating awareness for South African fine wine internationally. Various fine wine NFTs have become available over the last 2 years as the NFT market has boomed. Strauss & Co Fine Wine NFTs, however, offer a unique, iconic South African industry collective of verticals direct from the producers, providing unprecedented ownership of vintage wines and futures to the collector and investor.'
– Roland Peens
(Wine Cellar Director and Strauss & Co Fine Wine Specialist)
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Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auctions is a joint venture between Wine Cellar, sommelier Higgo Jacobs and leading auction house, Strauss & Co.
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Vinous regards,
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