November 26, 2008
Index versus Index
With some wines falling in price by as much as 20% in October, we thought we'd revisit a comparison made…
November 21, 2008
Where’s the volume?
With fine wine now firmly a buyer's market, we thought it would be interesting to see which wines the leading…
November 18, 2008
Hospices de Beaune Auction
The amount raised at the Hospices de Beaune wine auction, held on Sunday, was significantly down on last year. The…
November 17, 2008
Wine Spectator Wine of the Year
Casa Lapostolle's Clos Apalta 2005, a Chilean wine from the Colchagua Valley, was named Wine Spectator 'Wine of the Year'…
November 14, 2008
Long/short the Liv-ex 100 with intrade.com
Liv-ex has teamed up with Intrade.com, the prediction market, to launch the world's first publicly traded futures contract on fine…
November 13, 2008
The GJE on Bordeaux 2005
The Grand Jury Europeen, which we covered in a previous post, has released its rankings for the 2005 Bordeaux vintage….
November 11, 2008
2005 Bordeaux revisited
Farr Vintners, the UK wine merchant, held an interesting tasting of 22 of the top wines of Bordeaux 2005 last…
November 7, 2008
A step back in time…
Neal Martin, Robert Parker's UK contributor, recently posted a rather entertaining look at a restaurant wine list from 1977 on…
November 5, 2008
Reuters on wine prices
Reuters, the global news provider, published an interesting story on wine prices today – 'Global credit crisis puts damper on…
November 4, 2008
Liv-ex 100 falls in October
The Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine Index fell back in October as the widespread economic woes finally impacted on the fine…