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- May 19, 2016
Investment Calculator I like to use all kinds of investment calculators when I’m looking for wines to invest. Now you may be wondering what has an investment calculator got to do with wine investing? Well, wine investment is a great deal about finding the right wine to invest at the right price. But one important […]
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- May 18, 2016
Rudy Kurniawan film Sour Grapes gets first airing A film charting the rise and deceit of imprisoned wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan – and starring many of the key characters in the story – has debuted at a festival in North America. Sour Grapes delves into the murky world of fine wine fraud, dealing in particular […]
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- May 12, 2016
Liv-ex 1000 gains 0.5% in April The Liv-ex 1000 Index gained 0.5% in April to close on 254.78. The Bordeaux 500 index gained 1.1% to close on 251.79. It now looks comfortably stronger than the other sub-indices over one year, having gained 5.5% over this period. The majority of the sub-indices also gained in April. […]
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- May 09, 2016
Château Palmer to auction barrel of 2015 wine Palmer and Sotheby’s will auction the 225-litre barrel of Château Palmer 2015 wine in Hong Kong on 4 June. The Margaux based estate has not yet released a price for its Bordeaux 2015 en primeur wine. But, Sotheby’s said the barrel at auction is expected to fetch […]
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- May 09, 2016
Neal Martin on Bordeaux 2015: “A narrow pyramid” Neal Martin’s Bordeaux 2015 report was released on The Wine Advocate this afternoon. Like many other reviewers, Martin suggests that 2015 is an “excellent” vintage in general – but currently lacks the across the board consistency of great vintages such as 2009 and 2010. In terms of […]
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- May 09, 2016
Burgundy hit by ‘worst frost since 1981’ A severe frost swept across Burgundy vineyards on the night of 26 April, causing a ‘great deal of stress’ for winemakers, according to the Burgundy wine bureau (BIVB). A spring freeze affected much of Europe this week, with April snow briefly seen in Champagne. There are concerns in […]
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- April 28, 2016
Is China’s new luxury wine worth $250 a bottle? The makers of a new red blend from China are aiming to lure luxury wine connoisseurs from such established regions as Napa and Bordeaux, betting they’ll spend $250 a bottle on something novel and adventurous I got a sneak preview of the first vintage of the […]
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- April 27, 2016
World wine trade buoyed by rebound in China demand Wine exporters toasted an upturn in Chinese wine consumption in 2015 after a two-year decline, as a growing taste there for reds helped global wine trade expand, the International Vine and Wine organisation (OIV) said on Monday. Chinese imports jumped 44 percent to 5.5 million hectoliters, […]
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- April 27, 2016
Are you Leveraging your Fine Wine Portfolio? What makes a good investment? “Something that makes a profit!” Do you agree? Today in a fast paced world, everyone longs for that magic pill, that shortcut, that break. When you think of fine wine as an investment, do you think of it as a product? Or do […]
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- April 26, 2016
End of an era: Robert Parker relinquishes Bordeaux Robert M. Parker Jr is to relinquish his tasting of Bordeaux to the British-born Neal Martin as of 1 May 2016, according to his PR agency. Martin will take full responsibility for coverage of the wines of Bordeaux, in both the Wine Advocate and at erobertparker.com. The […]
