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- February 24, 2016
The other Mondavi: Charles Krug Winery’s Peter Mondavi turns 96 Peter Mondavi discusses wine, age, the ‘crazy’ prices of premium Napa – and what it was like to be the ‘quiet one’ in the shadow of his big-spending older brother While Robert Mondavi was celebrated as the Father of Napa, his younger brother Peter […]
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- February 24, 2016
Bordeaux 2006: performance of the First Growths As we enter the tenth year since the 2006 vintage, Liv-ex will be examining the performance of the wines in a series of short blog posts. These posts will examine price variations – the highest and lowest Market Prices against the current and release prices – for wines […]
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- February 20, 2016
2016: Strong start for fine wine Fine wine has been looking robust compared to several other financial assets and physical commodities so far this year. In 2016, the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 index, which tracks the daily price movements of the ten most recent vintages of the Bordeaux First Growths, has gained 2.01% while the FTSE […]
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- February 18, 2016
Champagne propels French wine exports to record in 2015 New figures show that French wine exports reached record value last year, mainly thanks to Champagne. Overall French wine sales abroad in 2015 reached nearly €7.93bn, show statistics released by the French federation of wine and spirits exporters (FEVS). Accounting for inflation, that means exports […]
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- February 17, 2016
Talking Trade: 29th January – 4th February The Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 continued to rise this week and was up 0.2% at 270.37, its highest level since July 2015. There was a good volume of trade in Bordeaux across the whole of January helping to push the Bordeaux 500 index to its highest level since […]
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- February 15, 2016
Best wine for investment Are you thinking of investing into wine but not sure which wines are the best wines for investment? Choosing the best wines for investment does require some basic research and understanding of the fine wine market. Its good to familiarize yourself with the different classifications of wine that are produced under […]
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- February 15, 2016
Chinese Consumers are Still Spending Despite Economic Woes As China’s economic growth slows and its stock market remains turbulent, consumers are still willing to spend as confidence remains high, according to recent data. Nielsen’s newly released “China Consumer Confidence Index” for Q4 of 2015 find that Chinese consumer confidence actually went up a point […]
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- February 15, 2016
Key world wine consumption trends – Vinexpo Millennials in the US don’t want as much wine as their parents and the Italians are losing touch with their vinous heritage, but Prosecco is a ‘weekday luxury’ that knows no bounds abroad and China is back in the game, according to a Vinexpo-sponsored report on world wine […]
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- February 14, 2016
Rothschild Champagne creates new fizz exclusively for the Ritz Champagne Barons de Rothschild, a venture co-owned by three branches of the Rothschild family, has said it will produce bespoke Champagnes for the Ritz in London. Champagne Barons de Rothschild has made two exclusive Rothschild Champagne cuvées, which will be poured as the Ritz hotel in […]
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- February 14, 2016
What I never knew about wine storage – WSET level 2 Link: Find more WSET stories – This article is written by a news journalist on a journey of discovery – and on a mission to learn about wine. It’s one thing selecting a quality wine, but do you know what to do with it […]
