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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 […]

CAN CHINA’S GOVERNMENT ‘REPATRIATE’ ITS CITIZENS’ LUXURY SPENDING? From duty-free shops to customs crackdowns, the Chinese government has been on a mission over the past year to encourage its luxury shoppers to keep their shopping sprees at home, despite the high prices that are encouraging them to shop abroad. As high tariffs on imported goods […]

Liv-ex 100 gains 1.2% in February In February the Liv-ex 100 Index saw its biggest increase in over a year, gaining 1.2% to close on 243.7. Although it has seen fluctuations over the past year, it is now up 4.1% since the market’s low in July 2014. The Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index gained 0.9% […]

Asian investor Peter Kwok buys another Bordeaux château Peter Kwok, the Hong Kong businessman regarded as one of the first Asian investors in Bordeaux vineyards, has bought his seventh estate in the region. Peter Kwok, the Vietnam-born, Hong Kong businessman who bought St Emilion’s Château Haut-Brisson in 1997, has purchased Château le Rey in Castillon […]

War on cash to pump up silver, wine, art, gold: James Saft (James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) Like it or hate it, the war on large-denomination cash will have an impact on other markets, as investors and crooks alike look for convenient stores of value. In short, if […]

Westminster Fine Wines Ltd: Director banned for 12 years The sole director and shareholder of Westminster Fine Wines Ltd, 36-year-old Jeff Berrill, has been banned from acting as a UK director for 12 years. The ban will run until March 2028. Wine investment company, Westminster Fine Wines Ltd, was founded in October 2011 and was […]

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Ringing the Changes at Château Angélus After buying out her father, Stéphanie de Boüard promises changes at the illustrious estate. Iconic Saint-Émilion property Château Angélus will make gradual changes to its wine style over the next decade, according to its new sole owner Stéphanie de Boüard. The eighth generation of the family responsible for running […]

Chinese billionaire, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, buys Bordeaux Château de Sours Jack Ma, China’s second richest person and founder of multi-billion dollar online retailer Alibaba, has become the latest Chinese investor to buy a Bordeaux wine estate with Château de Sours.     * China’s Alibaba founder buys Bordeaux château spanning 80 hectares * Ma’s […]

Wine Storage Are you considering fine wine as an investment? Are you storing your wine portfolio correctly? Is your broker storing it correctly for you? Do you know exactly where your wines are being stored? Have you in fact done any due diligence or even checked online, the warehouse where your wine is being stored? […]

How to read wine tasting notes Wine tasting notes do not have to be as mysterious as they sometimes seem. Below, Decanter experts talk you through some of the main terms, with the help of a graphic created by Decanter’s design team. Do you ever find it difficult to read wine tasting notes? Wine tasting […]

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 […]

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 […]

Plan to build the right fine wine portfolio James Pala MD Sure Holdings [ct_button url=”https://twitter.com/JamesPala1″ color=”#FFFFFF” background=”#666666″ gradient=”#444444″ description=”” size=”small” position=”left” icon=”twitter” target=”” rel=””]Twitter[/ct_button] I hope you are keeping well and healthy and 2016 has started off well for you and your family. At some point in your life, whether it is today while reading […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

How to Start a Wine Collection in 2016—and Why You Should Read more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-08/how-to-start-a-wine-collection     Maybe you’ve been turned off by the auction numbers (“case of Romanée-Conti brings $59,000!”) and think wine collecting is just a one-percenter’s status game. It’s not just for those with the fattest wallets. Although major price inflation has hit […]