December was not the typical wind down into festive cheer for the fine wine industry. Much of Europe went into deeper levels of lockdown, closing large swathes of the on trade. The US imposed new 25% tariffs on EU imports, which will come into effect 12 January. Wines...

The Wine Enthusiast offer their answer to this question. According to the Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2020, they do. Italy’s Tignanello 2016 was awarded the top spot on the list, along with a score of 99 points. An additional four Italian wines were...

Two out of the three were released this year. The current 3rd, 4th, and 5th most traded wines by value in 2020 all come from the same region – Champagne: Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2008 (98+, AG) Dom Perignon 2008 (98, AG) Louis Roederer, Cristal...

Liv-ex bid (£30.2m) and offer (£51.5m) exposure grew another 2.1% this week from the £80m milestone set at the start of November. It’s also been the second consecutive week of record trade as activity ramps up towards the holiday season. Our latest blog considers in...

Despite the headwinds of 2020 – tariffs, Brexit uncertainty and the global pandemic – the wine market has remained robust. Today’s post examines what has changed and offers an explanation as to why we are seeing greater confidence in the market during these...

October closed as the second most active month of trade by value in the past 10 years. During the month bids rose to their highest level in 14 months. As highlighted this morning, fine wine continues to prove itself as a safe hedge against financial market volatility....

In October, interest in US wines helped drive the region’s trade value to its highest month on record. With general interest in the overall market, October closed as the second largest month of trade in the past ten years. The Rhone, Australia, Italy, and Spain all...

The top traded wines and regions that make up weekend trade. Liv-ex is the global marketplace for the wine trade, but unlike other major exchanges, Liv-ex offers 24-hour, 7 day a week trading. Bids and offers can be loaded up and matched by someone across the world,...

These wines were released during the struggles of Covid-19 but have managed to capture the market’s attention and further boost the market share of a growing region  – Piedmont ytd has taken over 45% of Italy trade value, up from 28% in 2019 and 18% in 2016. Barolo...

Part of the continued broadening of the secondary market involves a larger range of whiskies active on the exchange. There is no surprise here, as a wee dram pair excellently with the end of a long day’s work, particularly as the nights draw in. George Bernard Shaw...

Trade negotiations and Brexit anxieties have led to ongoing sterling volatility, but the fine wine market has shown cautious optimism in September. Its broadest measure, the Liv-ex 1000, rose 0.98% in sterling terms to close the month at 351.46. The index is positive...

The Liv-ex 100 index – the industry benchmark – rose 1.41% in September to close the month at 310.39. Sterling weakness over the month (-1.0%) contributed, with value and volumes traded rising on the previous month. Wine prices have increased for the fourth...

Surrounded by excitement for the latest La Place releases, September saw total trade by value increase 22% on August. Despite global economic uncertainty and a second Covid-19 wave in Europe, fine wine trade was up 15% by value and 85% by volume on September last...

Several wines were released from Bordeaux this week, including Chateau Palmer 2010, which was offered for the final time from the cellars of the estate. For several years Palmer has only released 50% of their Grand Vin En Primeur with the following 50% released the...

The weeks preceding the annual Chinese Moon Festival, falling on October 1st this year, have traditionally seen an uptick in fine wine buying demand from Asia: from Mouton 2008 featuring a moon label through to wines that pair well with mooncakes. Although 2020 has...

August was an active month in terms of value traded and the volume of transactions – both reached an all-time high. The historically quiet month also saw the number of unique wine labels (LWIN7s) traded surpass the previous month’s record by 15%. Once again, Bordeaux...

La Place de Bordeaux continued this week with the release of wines that included three 2019 Power 100 “best of the rest” growers. Starting Monday was Verité, who released for a third consecutive year, La Muse, La Joie and Le Desir as a 3-pack collection case. The wine...

La Place de Bordeaux picked up this week with the Monday release of Opus One 2017. The wine was offered by the international trade at £2,740 per 12×75, a 6.8% decrease from the 2016 opening price (£2,940). The following day Masseto 2017 released, at £5,400 per 12×75,...