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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

By the end of August, Italian trade by value had surpassed the entirety of 2019. While Italy has seen the fastest growth this year, it has not been alone in contributing to the continued broadening of the market –…

The Liv-ex Bordeaux 500 is Liv-ex’s most comprehensive index for Bordeaux wines. It represents the price movement of 500 leading wines (50 wines and their past 10 physical vintages) from the region and is calculated monthly using the Liv-ex…

By Tuesday the 25th of August, the value of Italian wine trade in 2020 surpassed the whole of 2019. In the closing remarks of the Liv-ex 2019 Q4 report on the region, we said, “as collectors continue to diversify…

In the past 10 years, trade value of the secondary market has grown at a compounded annual rate of 9.0% – trade value for Italian wines in that same period, 28.5%. As the wine market continues its broadening into…