Kevin Swersey

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  www.robbreport.com/categories/wine-spirits-and-cigars/C - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/12/2007    Last Visited: 11/12/2007  

  Kevin Swersey, former auction director at Zachys, formed Manhattan-based The Connoisseur's Advisory Group in 2000 to help high-net-worth individuals to obtain and manage their fine art and wine collections.Swersey has a worldwide client base to which he provides white-glove services, such as vetting collections prior to auction and managing cellar inventories.

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  Published on: 7/9/2005    Last Visited: 2/22/2007  

  Wine Co. announced today that renowned wine authority Kevin Swersey will act as a consultant to the Chicago-based fine wine auctioneer and retailer.
  
  A pivotal force in the US wine auction market for over a decade, Swersey is known for establishing and implementing a joint venture between Zachys Wine and Liquor Inc. and Christies in 1994, helping to propel the partnership to many new auction world records.Under his guidance as Auction Director (April, 1995-May 2000), Zachys/Christie's sold more than 45,000 lots and recognized sales totals in excess of $86 million.After his departure in May of 2000 to pursue an independent career, Swersey became a consultant to Zachys Auctions Inc. and was instrumental in establishing Zachys' presence for fine wine auctions in both Los Angeles and New York.
  
  "I'm very much looking forward to working with the most senior and respected group of professionals in the wine auction business," says Swersey.
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  Swersey will remain in New York, where he is Co-President of The Connoisseur's Advisory Group LLC, a Manhattan-based company established in 2000 which advises high net worth individuals on the purchase, handling, maintenance and sale of fine works of art and fine and rare wine.

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  Published on: 9/19/2006    Last Visited: 9/19/2006  

  Between them, says wine adviser Kevin Swersey of the Connoisseur's Advisory Group, "the quality of wines on offer is off the charts.''

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  This sentiment was echoed by Kevin Swersy, auction director for Zachys when he said, "California has finally reached global proportions, as worldwide demand for California only reached new levels.

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  Hart Davis Hart -- Bio -- Kevin Swersey - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/1/2007    Last Visited: 8/28/2008  

  Kevin SwerseySenior Consultant914.345.6525
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  Kevin A. Swersey is a renowned wine authority whose understanding of how markets move and who moves them is unparalleled in the industry.Kevin graduated with honors in Economics from the State University of New York, College at Purchase in 1984.He is also a graduate of Harriet Lembeck's Wine Program at the Waldorf-Astoria (undergraduate and graduate programs), as well as the German Wine Academy.Mr. Swersey is a member of The Wine Society (United Kingdom), Zinfandel Advocates and Producers, and was the first member of the Appraisers Association of America ever to have been accepted in the field of wine.
  
  Mr. Swersey has been in the wine business since 1985 when he joined Zachys, America's premier retailer of fine wines.His initial position was sales associate, but he quickly rose through the ranks and in 1986 was promoted to assistant manager.Some of Mr. Swersey's responsibilities included evaluating and purchasing wine and overseeing special client services.He has traveled through most of the world's great wine regions including: Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Napa and Sonoma valleys, Germany, Switzerland, and Chile.
  
  In 1994, Mr. Swersey focused some of his energies toward establishing and implementing a new joint venture between Zachys and Christie's; their first wine auction set a U.S. record of $1.825 million in April 1995.As Auction Director, Mr. Swersey's keen involvement and leadership helped propel this partnership to many new world records.At the April 1996 auction, an original wooden case of 1945 Château Mouton-Rothschild sold for $112,500, marking the first time that a case of wine was sold for more than $100,000.The October 1996 wine sale achieved nearly four million dollars, shattering the previous world record by more than one million dollars.In March 1997, the sale of the Tawfig N. Khoury Collection set a world record for a single owner sale; an unprecedented 100% of the lots offered were sold for a total of almost $3.2 million.This success helped catapult sales totals for 1997 to nearly $20 million.Under Mr. Swersey's guidance from April of 1995 through his departure in June of 2000, Zachys/Christie's sold more than 45,000 lots and recognized sales totals in excess of $86 million.
  
  In July 2000, Kevin A. Swersey announced the formation of a new partnership with J. Patrick Cooney.

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  Hart Davis Hart -- Bio -- Kevin Swersey - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/12/2008    Last Visited: 7/9/2008  

  Kevin SwerseySenior Consultant(914) 345-6525
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  Kevin A. Swersey is a renowned wine authority whose understanding of how markets move and who moves them is unparalleled in the industry.Kevin graduated with honors in Economics from the State University of New York, College at Purchase in 1984.He is also a graduate of Harriet Lembeck's Wine Program at the Waldorf-Astoria (undergraduate and graduate programs), as well as the German Wine Academy.Mr. Swersey is a member of The Wine Society (United Kingdom), Zinfandel Advocates and Producers, and was the first member of the Appraisers Association of America ever to have been accepted in the field of wine.
  
  Mr. Swersey has been in the wine business since 1985 when he joined Zachys, America's premier retailer of fine wines.His initial position was sales associate, but he quickly rose through the ranks and in 1986 was promoted to assistant manager.Some of Mr. Swersey's responsibilities included evaluating and purchasing wine and overseeing special client services.He has traveled through most of the world's great wine regions including: Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Napa and Sonoma valleys, Germany, Switzerland, and Chile.
  
  In 1994, Mr. Swersey focused some of his energies toward establishing and implementing a new joint venture between Zachys and Christie's; their first wine auction set a U.S. record of $1.825 million in April 1995.As Auction Director, Mr. Swersey's keen involvement and leadership helped propel this partnership to many new world records.At the April 1996 auction, an original wooden case of 1945 Château Mouton-Rothschild sold for $112,500, marking the first time that a case of wine was sold for more than $100,000.The October 1996 wine sale achieved nearly four million dollars, shattering the previous world record by more than one million dollars.In March 1997, the sale of the Tawfig N. Khoury Collection set a world record for a single owner sale; an unprecedented 100% of the lots offered were sold for a total of almost $3.2 million.This success helped catapult sales totals for 1997 to nearly $20 million.Under Mr. Swersey's guidance from April of 1995 through his departure in June of 2000, Zachys/Christie's sold more than 45,000 lots and recognized sales totals in excess of $86 million.
  
  In July 2000, Kevin A. Swersey announced the formation of a new partnership with J. Patrick Cooney.

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  Kevin Swersey

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  Published on: 8/28/2008    Last Visited: 8/28/2008  

  Kevin Swersey Senior Consultant

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  Published on: 1/17/2007    Last Visited: 1/18/2007  

  It has also hired Kevin Swersey, one of New York's leading authorities on wine's secondary market, as a consultant.
  
  Swersey played a key role in establishing the Zachys-Christie's relationship in 1994, the year commercial auctions began in Manhattan.Later he wasconsultant to Zachys' independent auction business, helping create its joint auctions with Wally's in Los Angeles.
  
  Swersey will stay in Manhattan, where he remains co-president of the Connoisseur's Advisory Group, a company that advises high net worth individuals on buying, handling and selling fine and rare wine and works of fine art.
  
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  Kaleden - Published Article - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/12/2001    Last Visited: 9/8/2002  

  The idea for this show was the brainchild of wine specialist Kevin Swersey.There will be over fifty wine vessels and accoutrements as well as depictions of people enjoying wine.A colour catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
  
  Wine has played an important part in Chinese culture since Neolithic times.During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it became an important part of religious ritual because it could produce an altered state of consciousness, and many bronzes of the period were wine vessels.In this exhibition, the archaic bronzes date from the Xia to the Western Han period.

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