Looking for ballpark figures?

[tomstevenson]

You won't find every vintage of every single wine at wine.searcher, but you should find all the most collectible. If you're just looking at a ballpark figure:


Martini Cab '64 WS:$90 JL:$100
Martini Cab '68 WS:$?? JL:$95
Martini Cab '70 WS:$70 JL:$90

The WS stands for the current price according to wine.searcher, JL stands for the value in 1989 when James Laube published CALIFORNIA'S GREAT CABERNETS. Thus the ballpark figure for your 1968 is $80, which isn't bad for a wine that cost $6 when released.

Don't forget that (and wine.searcher) is the price you might hope to get - or a bit less - if you sold the wine directly to someone else. If you sold it to a retailer you might expect as little as 50% of the current WS price.

Hope this helps.