Page 15 - Invest into Wine
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- April 10, 2017
In March, the week of 17th-23rd March saw the trade by volume rise 17%. Bordeaux’s share has risen 0.9%, Champagne has gone up 4.4%. The USA market has accounted for 3.3% of the Champagne’s trade by volume. The Fine Wine 50 Index has continued to rise 0.2% during that week. We continuously see big names […]
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- April 06, 2017
Bordeaux châteaux need to put extra staff in their tasting rooms this week as early signs suggest historically high number of tasters and merchants are heading to taste barrel samples of the 2016 vintage in what has been described by some as the region’s equivalent of Paris Fashion Week. Olivier Bernard, head of the Union […]
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- April 05, 2017
This week, Neal Martin who has taken over from Robert Parker published a report containing in-bottle scores for Bordeaux 2014. He suggests that, “2014 Bordeaux is a very good to excellent vintage, however it is unequivocally not in the same realm as 2005, 2009 or 2010, nor does it boast the snow-capped peaks that you […]
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- April 04, 2017
Wine producers, importers and retailers have united across the English Channel to call for a transitional deal that keeps trade flowing after the UK made good on its promise to trigger Article 50 and start the Brexit stopwatch. Around 55% of wine imported into the UK comes from the European Union and neither side wants […]
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- April 03, 2017
Bordeaux should make fewer pricing decisions ‘behind closed doors’, says a report ahead of en primeur tasting week as new research suggests international merchants are hoping that 2016 prices won’t sour the fine market’s recovery story. Liv-ex, the online wine trading platform, said today (29 March) that errors in valuing Bordeaux en primeur wines have […]
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- April 01, 2017
March 2017 Wine Investment Report The wine market has showed a steady increase yet again in the month of February. Wine merchants have reported an expected increase in the wine market this year which spells good news for wine investors. The Bordeaux market was up 1.28% and the Rhone Valley and Champagne market was up […]
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- March 17, 2017
Speaking to a sommelier can be an intimidating business, especially when it comes to being frank about your budget. Dispel your insecurities with our experts’ guide, with tips from Decanter’s columnist Andrew Jefford, chief restaurant critic Fiona Beckett and wine writer and sommelier Emily O’Hare. Get the most out of your sommelier, after all they […]
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- March 17, 2017
The Liv-ex 100 fine wine price tracker is this year set to reach highs not seen since 2011, according to many merchants surveyed by the trading platform. Liv-ex questioned its 440 merchant members and found that, on average, respondents expect the Liv-ex 100 index to close at 320.6 in 2017. It closed at 297.3 in […]
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- March 17, 2017
Jane Anson goes back to the Bordeaux 2014 wines to see how they’re developing in the bottle, with a focus on the Left Bank. Below, she picks 10 of her favourites from a recent tasting and talks about how the vintage has shaped up since the en primeur campaign two years ago. There are many […]
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- March 17, 2017
See our graphic and report on how much food, wine and Champagne will be consumed at this year’s Academy Awards. Oscars 2017 wine and food in numbers More than 12,000 glasses of Champagne are set to be drunk at this year’s Oscars Awards ceremony and Governor’s Ball on Sunday 26 February. See a bigger version of […]
