The Fine Wine Market at the end of 2021 ends on a record high. The Liv-Ex 100 the industry’s benchmark of 100 top performing wines finished up 23%, outperforming Gold and the FTSE 100. Best performing regions were Burgundy, then Bordeaux and Champagne in order of most traded. Although Burgundy had a strong year – taking its highest ever share of total trade by value (22%) – the standout performer was Champagne. The Champagne 50 – a sub-index of the Liv-ex 1000 – rose 40.5% between January and December 2021. Salon 2002 was the best performer 108% by the end of December. The performance of the ..read more

As 2021 comes to a close, we have an exciting Wine Market Report for November. The Liv-Ex 100, the industry’s benchmark, gained another 2.7% in  November, making it 18 consecutive months of gains. Closing at 382.59, the 18th month gain surpasses the record set in June 2011. The Liv-Ex 1000 increased by 2.4% last month. The Champagne 50 was  up 8.1%, being the top preforming sub-index. Our November Wine market report also suggested trade for Bordeaux ended the month at 30.6%, with Burgundy just short at 27.4%. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Conti 2010 sold at an all time high in ..read more

Fine Wine Investment News October was an astounding month for the Fine Wine industry, going from strength to strength in a bull market. The industry leading benchmark, Liv-Ex 100, rose 2.2% in October, as there was demand for Bordeaux’s top domains. The market has steadily increased for the past 17 months, meaning it is the longest upward trend since it was created 20 years ago. The Liv-Ex 1000 also set another record in October, rising 2.1%. It’s 11th month of executive gains, proving the Fine Wine industry is the best luxury investment. The Champagne 50 rocketed last month, increasing 7.6 ..read more

Bordeaux had a great month in August, taking over 40% of the market. Burgundy took a good percentage of the market aswell, coming in at 18.4%, meaning the French wines continues to dominate the market. The Liv-ex markets are also ascending nicely, with both Liv-Ex 100 and Liv-Ex 1000 rising 1.3% in August. Another milestone has been hit for the Liv-ex 100, having hit 16 months of consecutive gains, a great win for investors. Not forgetting the Liv-Ex 1000, which hit a new All-Time-High in August. The market closed the month at the 386 level. A short but sweet market recap for August. If you ar ..read more

The Liv-ex 100 celebrated its 20th anniversary in July. The market had a constant increase in the month of July, rising 2.6%. The market pushed nicely by Burgundy and Champagne, which showed great results. The Liv-ex 100 closed the month off at 346.57, which is 5% off its all-time high. The Liv-ex 1000 market also shone in July, rising 1.3%, meaning it’s the 11th consecutive monthly gain and has also shown a new all time high. Champagne 50 had a great month, rising 2.7%, the best performer in the market. Burgundy 150 also achieved its best regional index year to date, as it rose 1.6% in July ..read more

With En Primeur 2020 officially finished, trade outside Bordeaux remained constant. Italy and Burgundy had a good run in June, taking ‘equal parts of the market’ at 16.8%. Both sub-indexes had their best first half to the year. The Rhone also had a great month, rising another 0.6% from May. There was more movement around English and German wines in June. German whites from the Mosel (89%), Rheinhessen (9%), Nahe (0.8%) and Rheingau (0.4%) all increased last month and found buyers. Fine wine prices steadily increased, with Liv-Ex 100 up 0.76%. This occurred from Burgundy 15 vintage and Bordeaux ..read more

The Liv-Ex Fine Wine 1000 has been on form within the last 10 months, having consecutively increased, the index closes at 375.97 in June. As the index took a dip in 2018/2019, making new lows around the 340 mark. In the past 4 months price has increased rapidly, making new highs, leaving price +5.47% up for the year to date. Rhone 100 proved itself in June, being the number 1 performing sub-index, rising 1.6%. Price has increased 6.1% throughout the year. The current top performer of the year Burgundy increased 1.29% in June, however is 8% up for the year to date, a great ROI for anyone invest ..read more

The Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux is holding their annual tasting of the new 2020 vintage around the world in key locations due to COVID, for the wine trade to taste and report back to their clients. Locations chosen so far are: Bordeaux, Paris, London, Brussels, Zurich, Frankfurt, New York, San-Francisco, Shanghai and Hong Kong. If you would like further information and our thoughts on this vintage, please do get in touch. Interested in Investing in Fine Wine with us? You can email investment@corkr.com or call +44 (0)1502 676110. We’ll talk you through an initial consul ..read more

The Union des Grands Crs de Bordeaux is holding their annual tasting this September and we will be going down to taste the 2018 Bordeaux vintage. The tasting is always useful as it gives us a much better understanding of the wines and what to expect in the years to come, now in bottle. We will review and compare against our tasting notes that were done when we tasted the vintage En Primeur and give suggestions to our clients of which wines they should have in their cellar. If you would like information and our thougts on this vintage, please do get in touch. Interested in Investing in ..read more

The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index rose 1.4%  in September, the fourth consecutive month of gains. This is promising news for investors and should give confidence for clients who have thought of investing in wine but not yet started.  The wine market is at its lowest since 2010 and we are expecting good gains to be made due to clients diversifying their portfolio’s in to wine. If you would like to learn more about investing in wine do get in touch.   GEt in touch with us Interested in Investing in Fine Wine with us? You can email investment@corkr.com or call +44 (0)15 ..read more