Bordeaux and Burgundy prices rise at the expense of market share in April April was a short but packed month for the wine trade, with Easter holidays, trade fairs like Vinitaly and En Primeur tastings in Bordeaux. Fine wine prices continued their ascent to record...

The Liv-ex 1000 index rose 1.3% in April. More regional sub-indices dipped than rose last month. Since the start of the year, the Burgundy 150 sub-index has seen the biggest monthly increases. *Made with the Liv-ex Charting tool The broadest measure of the market,...

Exceptionnelle Vendanges des Sept Domaines 2016, the rare Montrachet blend, is the most expensive white wine traded on Liv-ex over the past year. Burgundian Grand Crus dominate the list, with Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling TBA 2017 and Screaming Eagle Sauvignon...

Fine wine has out preformed all major market so far this year, excluding commodities. Growing opportunities for Dollar buyers as Sterling fluctuates. Burgundy and Champagne in particular have continued their strong 2021 performance in 2022. Louis Roederer, Cristal...

Bordeaux, Burgundy, USA and the ‘others’ improved their weekly share of trade. One of this week’s most active wines, Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, traded at an all-time high. Ornellaia 2019 was released today at a price that represents fair value according...

The Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 index has risen 0.2% this week. Bordeaux, Champagne, Tuscany, USA and the ‘others’ increased their weekly share of trade. Salon, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Oenotheque Assortment Case led weekly trade by value. Current market conditions In a volatile...

Neal Martin has scored Château Lafleur 2019 100-points. Château Margaux was the highest-rated First Growth. He said it was a vintage with ‘verve and panache’. Neal Martin’s full in-bottle report on the Bordeaux 2019 vintage has been published on Vinous. He said that...

California took 7.5% of the market by value in 2021, while the number of wines traded surpassed 500 for the first time. The California 50 index has risen 31.9% in the past year. Screaming Eagle has been the best-performing estate, up 41.7% over the same period....

Bordeaux’s weekly share of trade climbed to a recent high of 35.9%. Champagne took four of the five places in this week’s most traded wines. Louis Roederer Cristal 2008, which led January trade, sold at a record high in a Methuselah this week. Regional share this week...

Prices for Bordeaux’s top wines rose 10.5% in 2021 The First Growths have seen the biggest price rises in 2021, led by Lafite Rothschild. Lafite Rothschild and Rieussec are among the top 10 price risers in the Bordeaux 500 index Prices for Bordeaux’s top wines rose...

Bordeaux’s weekly trade share by value has remained under 30% since mid-December 2021. Pétrus 2014 was the most traded wine by value this week. Louis Roederer Cristal 2008 has enjoyed consistent level of demand in the new year. Weekly regional trade share Despite a...

A Scottish whisky has made its way to the top five most traded wines and spirits by value this week. Armand Rousseau Chambertin-Clos de Beze Grand Cru 2016 was the most active wine by value, having last traded at an all-time high. For the fourth week in a row,...

Côte Rôtie and Hermitage’s share of the Rhône’s trade grew to over 20% each in 2021.  The ‘La La’ wines from Guigal were among the top traded wines by value.  Châteauneuf-du-Pape retained the largest share of trade by value and the top wines traded by volume. ...

The top ten biggest risers came from Burgundy, Piedmont and California. Price performance and average trade price were determining factors. Burgundy was the region with the most risers in the overall rankings, a total of 37. The Liv-ex Power 100 ranks the most...

Champagne increased its weekly share of the market to 14.3%. The most-traded wines by the value this week came from Bordeaux and Burgundy. Domaine Leroy, Richebourg Grand Cru 1996 was the top traded wine. Regional trade this week The past week saw a return to blue...

Burgundy was the most traded region by value this week, taking 31.7% of the market. The USA, Italy and the Rhône also increased their share on last week. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 2018 was the most traded wine by value. Regional trade share this week...

Fine wine prices continued to rise across all regions, as global markets tumbled on the back of a renewed Covid-19 scare and travel restrictions at the end of November. The Liv-ex 100 index went up 2.7% in its eighteenth consecutive month of gains. The Liv-ex...

*made using the Liv-ex Charting Tool. More Scotch whisky has traded in 2021 than in the previous five years combined.  Speyside’s Glenfarclas leads secondary market trade this year.  Two Scotch whiskies qualified for the Power 100 for the first time.  To mark St...

Dominus 2018 sets a new trading high Wine Spectator’s ‘Wine of the Year’, Dominus 2018, has set a new trading high following the announcement on Friday. The wine, which claimed the top spot in the annual rankings, has already seen increased secondary market activity....

Secondary market trade for the Rhône increased this week as the region’s 2020 En Primeur campaign started to unfold. Secondary market trade for the Rhône increased this week, making it the third most traded region by value. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Conti...