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- April 20, 2016
China’s Cofco to sell winery stake for 11 pence China’s Cofco conglomerate has said it will sell its controlling stake in Chateau Junding and a related wine subsidiary in the country for just 1 yuan. The offer means that it would be possible to buy Cofco’s 55% stake in Junding Winery Co and Shandong […]
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- April 13, 2016
Bordeaux 2015 vintage: How it compares to others Debate will no doubt continue to rage over just how good the Bordeaux 2015 vintage is after a week of wall to wall tasting. My early view is that 2015 is unquestionably great in parts and therefore far from homogenous. Certainly, stunning wines have been made and […]
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- April 12, 2016
Koch Makes Room in his New Cellar The anti-fraud campaigner is auctioning off a vast treasury of fine wine in May. When it comes to fighting fraud, billionaire Bill Koch wears a hat that is even whiter than his full head of hair. When it comes to collecting – whether it is modern art (Botero […]
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- April 12, 2016
Fine wine market shows new energy – Liv-ex The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index has seen its biggest monthly increase in more than three years, indicating that the secondary market has come to life ahead of the Bordeaux 2015 en primeur campaign. The fine wine market is showing signs of bursting into life after the […]
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- April 12, 2016
Bordeaux 2015 ‘a great opportunity’, says Liv-ex Bordeaux en primeur buyers have lost money in five of the last eight campaigns and there is still too much wine gathering dust in merchant cellars, but Liv-ex analysts say the market is in better shape than a year ago. Bordeaux 2015represents a ‘great opportunity’ for the trade […]
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- April 12, 2016
Fine wine merchants predict further gains in 2016 In January we asked Liv-ex’s merchant members to predict the closing level of the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index in 2016. The average prediction for the year-end is 251.21. This would represent a 5.4% improvement on its closing level of 238.26 in December 2015. Read more at […]
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- April 12, 2016
Bordeaux 2015 en primeur: High hopes but nerves linger on price Excitement for the Bordeaux 2015 vintage is being tempered by early trepidation over possible release prices as en primeur tasting week begins in the region’s vineyards. Many châteaux are expecting extra visitors to taste the Bordeaux 2015 vintage en primeur, with American tasters in […]
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- April 11, 2016
Does your wine exist? It is quite often that when we invest, we actually like to see our investments as tangible products. Either it makes us feel more secure or it just could be that unfortunately, most of us have had a bad experience with investments before. With fine wine investments, probably the million dollar […]
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- April 10, 2016
China is again Bordeaux’s top export market, show the latest customs figures. But how has this happened? Terry Xu analyses the revival of a classic region in the Chinese market. I know—some wine lovers in China may frown upon this title, especially if they already knew that I have been a passionate supporter of Bordeaux. […]
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- April 08, 2016
Bordeaux Enjoys the Fruits of the Golden Weather “You can’t lie about the weather,” a well-known journalist said as he collected his glass for London’s first taste of the 2015 Bordeaux wines last week. The Grand Cercle des Vins de Bordeaux, a loose grouping of 183 properties from Bordeaux Supérieur to Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé, […]
