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Thursday 3 March 2011

UK Fine Wine Investments: compare and contrast



'Professional service that is undoubtedly second to none.

Here at UK Fine Wine Investments we are a brokerage specialising in premier cru (meaning First Growth) wines from the Bordeaux region of France. We pride ourselves in delivering of a congruent, first-classed tailored service to each and every client. Not only do our established, select team of brokers and market analysts work perpetually to ensure our client demands are satisfied, they also go that extra mile to embellish a long-lasting positive relationship.'


UK FINE WINE INVESTMENTS LTD
TOWER 42
OLD BROAD STREET
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
EC2N 1HQ
Company No. 07483335
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 05/01/2011


'to embellish a long-lasting positive relationship' – less than two months to date.

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  1. Shareholders
    Name Shares
    N N
    Director
    Kirsty Britten
    Title Miss Honours
    Address 19 Oxley Close

    London


    Date of birth
    Nationality

    Postcode 24/02/1970
    British

    SE1 5HF
    Kirsty Britten
    Directorships
    Number Company name Status App. date Function
    07055188 SCOTTS GLASS & GLAZING SERVICES LIMITED Active - Newly Incorporated Director 03/02/2011
    07483335 UK FINE WINE INVESTMENTS LTD

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  2. Base information
    Company details
    Company name UK FINE WINE INVESTMENTS LTD Company number 07483335
    Telephone Telephone number N
    Address Tower 42
    Old Broad Street
    London
    Company type Private limited with Share Capital
    Postcode EC2N 1HQ Accounts type Not available
    Annual return date Incorporation date 05/01/2011
    Accounts
    Filing date Latest submitted
    Accounts
    Primary SIC - Secondary SIC N/A* - N/A*
    Previous names
    Date Name
    N N
    Industries
    N/A*
    Trading addresses
    Address Tower 42
    Old Broad Street
    London
    EC2N 1HQ Telephone number

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  3. looks like nominee director used

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  4. Anon. Thanks for the additional details.

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  5. It's a bit odd that their en primeur page is all about vintgae 82 n'est pas? Perhaps they are a little confused - as I suppose one would be whilst trying to manage relationships that are simultaniously "congruent" and "tailored". Oxy morons.

    Nice logo though.

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  6. TONY HETHERINGTON: A 'guaranteed' 15pc return is a great deal...of worry
    By TONY HETHERINGTON
    Last updated at 9:41 PM on 5th March 2011
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    B.S. writes: I am sending you the mailshot I have received from CBV Publishing. I would really like to have the 15 per cent return that it offers, but in these days of low interest, how on earth can this company pay it? Am I missing out on a great deal?
    The mailshot comes from Stephen Miles of CBV Publishing, based at Canary Wharf, east London, and I do not think I have ever seen an investment offer peppered with as many reassuring words while at the same time failing to say where investors' cash goes.
    According to Miles, the offer provides 'a legally binding contract' and a 'fixed guaranteed return'. Forget savings accounts, Isas and the like, he insists. 'By not taking advantage of this opportunity, you may be losing thousands of pounds!'

    Not at home: Ensign House in Canary Wharf is only a maildrop address
    And it is all so simple. Give Miles say £10,000, and he will invest it in 'a highly sought after commodity' and then one year from now he will buy it back from you for £11,500.
    Worried? No need to be, he says. Your capital is covered by 'government-bonded certification' and your 15 per cent guaranteed profit is deposited in a bank account as soon as you invest.
    Now for a dose of reality. The mysterious commodity is wine. And the referenceto 'government-bonded certification' simply means that your wine will be stored in a bonded warehouse licensed by Revenue & Customs. It does not mean that your investment is in any way governmentbacked.
    The 15 per cent deposited in the bank could come from Miles and his company, or it could be part of your own money. There is simply no way to tell.
    Of course, none of this should matter. Your capital and your profit are guaranteed. But by whom?
    There is no such company as CBV Publishing. According to Miles: 'CBV Publishing is a trading name of CB Vintners.'
    But hang on - there is no such company as CB Vintners either. This is also just a trading name.
    Miles' website mentions a company called Classic Bordeaux Vintners LLC, apparently registered in Delaware. The 'brass-plate state' is America's answer to Liechtenstein. But enquiries in Delaware drew a blank, with no such name in company records.
    Finally, Miles admitted that the proper name for his company is the Premier Bordeaux Wine Company LLC. It really is registered in the small town of Wilmington in Delaware, but it has no genuine presence there and has published no accounts or balance sheet.
    If something goes wrong at the end of the one-year deal, where can investors complain? Not Delaware, where the company is just a file of papers in an agent's office. And not at Ensign House in Canary Wharf, as this is just a maildrop address.
    Finally, Miles confessed: 'No, we are not based in the US, we are based in Spain and Cyprus.' And he added: 'We have freelance wine brokers working from different addresses.'
    So, are you missing out on a great deal? Yes - a great deal of worry over the next year as you realise that you have handed over your money to a company whose name is nothing like the one it uses, and which is not even in the same country as the only two addresses it gives out. Don't risk it.

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  7. Thanks Anon.

    The original advice from Tony Hetherington appeared on Mail on Line:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/mostread/article-1363340/TONY-HETHERINGTON-A-guaranteed-15pc-return-great-deal--worry.html

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