Alexander Bartholomew, managing partner of Activequity (centre) walks among the vines in Chianti Classico with Joe Fattorini, host of The Wine Show (left) and Francesco Rossi Ferrini, former vice chairman of JPMorgan Investment Banking EMEA

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A fund reckons it can make money out of wine distribution – family offices are backing it

Alexander Bartholomew, managing partner of Activequity (centre) walks among the vines in Chianti Classico with Joe Fattorini, host of The Wine Show (left) and Francesco Rossi Ferrini, former vice chairman of JPMorgan Investment Banking EMEA

Wine will always attract investors, and more often than not, involvement is driven more by passion than any other emotion. But a UK-based fund reckons the real money to be made in wine is in the distribution of the stuff, and family offices are backing that belief.

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