August 2, 2011
Super Montrose sets the pace
Since the release of its (high-priced) 2010, recent vintages of Montrose have benefited from hot demand. Aided by rapid price…
August 1, 2011
Liv-ex Indices edge lower in July
The Liv-ex Indices ended July on a low note, with all but the Liv-ex Fine Wine 500 posting negative returns. The…
July 28, 2011
Summer storage: Hot, but not bothered
Vine, our specialist logistics provider, trebled its warehouse space in April when it opened a temperature-controlled wine chamber within London…
July 28, 2011
Spotlight on…Vieux Chateau Certan
Owner: Alexandre Thienpont Appellation: Pomerol Vineyard area: 14 hectares Production: 60,000 bottles p/a Standard blend: 75% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc…
July 26, 2011
Room for manoeuvre
Yesterday on the blog we noted that the 2008 vintages of the First Growths were among those on the downward slope last…
July 25, 2011
Liv-ex Claret Chip retreats to February levels
There were more fallers than risers last week, thus sending the Liv-ex Claret Chip Index down 0.45 per cent (week on week)…
July 22, 2011
Storing value
One of the more interesting data points that emerged following the recent sale of Lascombes was that the €200 million…
July 21, 2011
L-WIN and the future of fine wine trading
Earlier in the Summer Liv-ex launched L-WIN, The Universal Wine Indentifier. Since then the project has gained real momentum and…
July 20, 2011
Top 2010s start to slide
Only a few weeks after the campaign ended, secondary market trading prices for some of the top wines from 2010…
July 15, 2011
Lafite 2010 leads trading
The most traded wines of the week (by value and then volume) are shown below. Despite the campaign proper having finished some…
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