Burgundy
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- March 11, 2017
The Liv-ex 1000 Index – the broadest measure of the fine wine market – closed February 2017 at another new high of 303.15. This is an increase of 0.6% on January’s close of 301.24 – the previous all-time high of the index. It has now reached record highs for seven consecutive months and is up […]
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- February 08, 2017
The Liv-ex 1000 Index – the broadest measure of the fine wine market – closed January 2017 at another all-time high of 301.24. This is an increase of 0.5% on December’s close of 299.80. The index has now reached record highs for six consecutive months and is up 21.5% year-on-year. Among the Liv-ex 1000 sub-indices, […]
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- September 07, 2016
The Liv-ex 1000 Index – the broadest measure of the fine wine market – closed August 2016 at record high of 281.62. This is an increase of 3.04% on the July’s close. The index previously reached a high of 279.69 in July 2011 at the peak of the China-led bull market. It then fell 13.3% […]
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- May 27, 2016
An auction of nearly 1,500 wines from Burgundy’s exclusive Domaine de la Romanée-Conti estate has been overshadowed by concerns raised over the authenticity of a small number of wines sourced for the sale. Baghera Wines removed ‘five or six lots’ before its Geneva auction over the weekend, according to a report by The Independent newspaper, […]
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- May 27, 2016
Sotheby’s claims to have set ‘a new benchmark’ for wine auctions after its sale from billionaire collector Bill Koch’s cellar hit nearly $22m. All 2,730 lots were sold in the New York auction, named Wines from the Cellar of William I Koch, which lasted for 27 hours over three days. Total sales hit $21.9m for […]
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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
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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- March 16, 2016
Rudy Kurniawan’s Burgundy vineyard stake sold by US government –Rudy Kurniawan Burgundy vineyard stake sold by officials to de Montille family -Kurniawan had joined a consortium to help fund the original vineyard purchase Etienne de Montille confirmed to Decanter.com that he and his family have bought Kurniawan’s former stake in the Burgundy vineyard venture for […]
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- February 01, 2014
February 2014 Wine Investment Report We’ve done some analysis on the wine market and found some interesting bits of information for you: Sothebys in Hong Kong had a very successful auction a few weeks ago, most of the Bordeaux wines that they auctioned off were sold above their estimated selling prices. They sold 29 million […]
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- June 04, 2013
June 2013 Wine Investment Report Three more properties in Bordeaux have been bought by Asian Investors. One of the buyers is a Singaporean and two others from mainland China. A real estate agent in Bordeaux said that Chinese investors buying Bordeaux Chateau are on one a month this year. With investors from Asia on a […]
