Langtons announce Australias first-ever Classification of International Wine

Australia’s fine wine authority Langtons has revealed it will launch its inaugural Classification of International Wine in early August this year. The new classification will be an international version of its Australian Wine classification, which “has been a trusted guide for benchmarking local wines in the fine wine market since 1990”. Langtons said that the purpose of the classification is to provide insights into secondary market trends to assist investors and collectors as well as to act as an authoritative guide for those in search of high-quality international wine. “Australian wine palates are diverse and ever-expanding, with international wines holding an established presence in the collections of the country’s top wine drinkers,” said Tamara Grischy, general manager at Langtons. The classification will feature a collection of 160 wines from across the world’s top wine regions in France, Italy, New Zealand, US, Spain, Portugal and Germany. The organisation said the list has been developed through secondary market auction data collected over the last five years from every international bottle that has been traded through Langtons.