Everything you need to know about investing in wine: the top ten investment brands, top ten traded wines and much more…
Consumer demand for Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and vintage Krug Champagne helped Zachys to achieve one of the biggest New York wine auction totals for several years - despite a number of lots falling short of their high estimate.
US-based consumers have continued their resurgence as wine auction buyers, accounting for 84% of lots sold at the latest Acker, Merrall & Condit sale.
As Bordeaux’s pricing woes continue, interest in Italy as a fine wine investment vehicle grows, with SuperTuscans and Barolos leading the way. Ella Lister analyses the hot prospects
Ornellaia, the Super Tuscan estate owned by Italy’s Frescobaldi family, has revealed designs by Swiss artist John Armleder for its 2012 wines, as market data shows Italian wineries have become increasingly popular with collectors.
APW Asset Management Ltd, which claims to manage £25m-worth of fine wine for clients, is set to become the latest wine investment company to go into liquidation in the UK.
Growing numbers of collectors and investors have come back to Bordeaux in early 2015, according to merchant Bordeaux Index and the Liv-ex trading exchange.
Consumers owed money and wine by collapsed European Fine Wines Ltd in the UK have been targeted by fraudsters posing as both the company’s directors and its liquidator, while London's High Court has ordered another wine investment group to be wound up.
Penfolds Grange and St Henri illustrate two facets of both grape and winemaking technique, best illustrated when you taste them side by side. Steven Spurrier reports on a tasting of 11 wines from the past three decades
Troubled French online wine merchant Heracles, formerly 1855.com, has been forced into liquidation after a major investor withdrew support for its recovery plan.
Fine wine market analysts are increasingly confident that prices for recent vintages of top Bordeaux have bottomed out after a three-year slide.
New trading platforms are, for the first time, allowing fine wine collectors to deal directly rather than via third parties. But are they a good bet? John Stimpfig surveys the scene...
What lies behind Cristal's status as one of the most sought-after and collectible Champagnes? Giles Fallowfield explains how it's made and tastes eight recent vintages...
Auction News by Howard G Goldberg, from Decanter Magazine July 2012 issue, as Mel Brooks’ famous creation looks back on 2,000 years of wine.
Burgundy bacchanal
Bordeaux 'embarrassed' by 2010
Like the trio of most recent Bordeaux vintages, two decades ago all the talk was of the ’88s, ’89s and ’90s. John Stimpfig looks at how their fortunes have fared as investments
Sign language In Asia, it’s often not the wine that matters, it’s the meaning – and money – behind it
Mouton 2008 price rockets
Significantly higher levels of trading on the Liv-ex platform in recent months might suggest a broader fine wine recovery beyond Lafite (see p117). So far, much of that activity has focused on the resurgence of the 2000 and 2005 vintages.
There was little doubt about the enthusiasm of US critics, notably Robert Parker, for the 2007 Southern Rhônes. In the Wine Advocate, Parker awarded 10 100-point scores, beating the previous record of 2000 Bordeaux with nine and 2001 California with eight.
A new player in Bordeaux will provide a ‘five-star’ provenance certification on every case of wine it sells. Bordeaux Provenance guarantees that all wines sold via its online portal
