The EU and US called a long-term truce on the tariffs related to Boeing and Airbus earlier this week, putting a halt to the 17-year dispute. In October 2019, 25% tariffs were put on EU wines as part of…

The wine has been released internationally for £1,040 (12×75). “This is a great Lynch-Bages,” said Neal Martin. The 2019 looks compelling by comparison. Château Lynch-Bages 2020 has been released En Primeur for €90 per bottle ex-négociant, up 36.4% on…

The leading fine wine indices hit new milestones in May. The Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000 reached an all-time high for the third straight month and the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 marked its twelfth consecutive month of gains. The Fine…

Haut-Brion and Margaux top Galloni’s scores for 2020 but no wines have been given a 100-point bracket. It is an “exciting” vintage with wines that “feel super classic” he said, but it is less consistent than 2019. He considered…

For all rosé Champagne LIVE offers, click here. The Champagne 50 is the best performing Liv-ex 1000 sub-index over the past one year, up 11.43%, yet a certain area of the Champagne market has eclipsed those gains. Rosé Champagnes….

The wine is being offered for £325 (12×75) SEP. This represents a 3.3% decrease on the 2019 release. A score above 94 points from the Benchmark Critic would make it stand out as good value. The 2020 Château Lafon…

New releases this week ranged from the first 2020 clarets, the latest vintage from Ao Yun and a 19th century tawny Port. Bordeaux has enjoyed its strongest month of trading so far in April. US wines continue to garner…

The big news of 2021 is how rapidly the fine wine market continues to diversify, as demonstrated by Liv-ex’s Fine Wine 1000. Bordeaux’s share of trade is less than half of what it was a decade ago, and interest…

Critic James Suckling has released the first part of his Bordeaux 2020 in-barrel scores, covering over 200 wines. He compared the wines he has tasted to both the 2019 and 2018 vintages. He finds the 2020s “less flamboyant” than…

Italy has been something of a sleeping giant. It is excluded from the USTR tariff drama, remains free of classification scandals, and is without En Primeur complexities. All these factors combined to lift Italian wines in 2020, and this…