Wine Collectors Snap Up 2011 Port as ’63 Vintage Sold

Wine collectors used to Bordeaux at $5,000 or more a case have been seeking variety at lower cost in other regions, including Ports from the newly-made 2011s in the Douro as well as more mature bottles.

Now, as wine auctions resume after the summer break, the focus is poised to switch more to the back vintages. Two cases of Dow’s 1963 Port and 12 bottles of Graham’s ’77 go on sale at Christie’s International Plc in London next month, the Dow’s with an estimate of as much as 1,000 pounds ($1,560) a case and the Graham’s at as much as 600 pounds, according to Christie’s.