Recent Blog Posts
- ‘Back to reality’ say vintners 20/01/2012
- Chinese interest in lower ranking chateaux increasing, say negociants 16/01/2012
- Acker auction puts Burgundy in focus 13/01/2012
- Hong Kong toast of wine world amid global woes 13/01/2012
- Red Rises in China 10/01/2012
Auction News
- ‘Bordeaux datapoints of the day’ Array, 7/06/2011
- ‘Napa wine auction yields $7.3 million for charity’ Array, 7/06/2011
- ‘Ultimate wine collection’ sells at auction for $11.9 million Herald Sun, 4/04/2011
Trending
Ten most searched-for wine names*- 1. Petrus2. Montrose3. Krug4. Palmer5. Mouton Rothschild
- 6. Margaux7. Cheval Blanc8. Latour9. Haut-Brion10. Lafite Rothschild
Top 10 Bordeaux labels by famous artists
Date posted: August 28, 2009
From the bottle to the canvas and back…here we look at 10 beautiful designs from famous artists on vintages from the world-famous Chateaux Mouton Rothschild….enjoy!
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Fine wine investment: Bordeaux and the importance of vintage
Date posted: August 24, 2009
Bordeaux Wine: Greenpeace highlights climate change threat
Date posted: August 17, 2009
When the French delegation sits down at the UN summit on climate change in Helsinki in December, they will have an added reason to press for a solution to the threat of climate change. The French wine industry, the world’s largest, could be a major victim of global warming - or so Greenpeace claims. The environmental group, along with some 50 winemakers and chefs, penned an open letter that was published in the highly influential French newspaper “Le Monde”. Read full story...
Why steal a bottle of Bordeaux?
Date posted: August 13, 2009
Bordeaux wine was been in the news recently. A single bottle of the 1945 vintage of Chateau Mouton Rothschild (one of very few bottles available worldwide and estimated to be worth £12,000), along with three other less notable wines, was stolen from a wine store in Hopkinton, near Boston (Massachusetts) in a classic ‘distract and grab’ theft. Fortunately for the store owners, the vintage wine was restored unopened and undamaged.
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Fine wine mockumentary draws rave reviews
Date posted: August 10, 2009
With fine wine and fine wine investments being in the news of late, could a mockumentary on fine wine be far behind?
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Market Movements
Ten best performers- 1. Pavillon Rouge (2006) £1244.55 -19%
- 2. Pavie (1999) £1322.87 -18%
- 3. Pichon Baron (1985) £1056.59 -18%
- 4. Leoville Barton (1999) £546.36 -17%
- 5. Ausone (2006) £6186.71 -12%
- 6. Lynch Bages (2008) £816.95 -12%
- 7. Carruades Lafite (1998) £3239.70 -11%
- 8. Pavillon Rouge (2008) £1204.69 -10%
- 9. Cheval Blanc (2008) £4066.41 -10%
- 10. Ducru Beaucaillou (1985) £1308.24 -10%
- 1. Rauzan Segla (2009) £853.14 +34%
- 2. DRC, Romanee Conti (1990) £11892.75 +33%
- 3. Ausone (1997) £4062.33 +31%
- 4. Ausone (1990) £6110.00 +27%
- 5. Leoville Barton (2001) £726.88 +27%
- 6. Petrus (1989) £15762.00 +26%
- 7. Conseillante (2002) £760.46 +25%
- 8. Cheval Blanc (1986) £4760.00 +22%
- 9. DRC, Romanee St Vivant (2002) £771.07 +22%
- 10. Mission Haut Brion (1988) £2036.20 +21%
- 1. Pin (2001) £19824.06 +1351%
- 2. Krug, Brut (1995) £1140.00 +49%
- 3. Ausone (1997) £4062.33 +48%
- 4. Cos d'Estournel (1983) £1160.00 +39%
- 5. Petrus (1988) £16396.00 +32%
- 6. Rauzan Segla (2009) £853.14 +32%
- 7. DRC, Richebourg (1998) £786.41 +31%
- 8. Pavie (1989) £1013.00 +30%
- 9. Lafleur (1999) £1508.80 +29%
- 10. Petrus (1994) £14124.00 +28%
Ten worst performers
- 1. DRC, Romanee St Vivant (1995) £597.43 -22%
- 2. Latour (2005) £4912.34 -20%
- 3. Pavillon Rouge (2006) £1244.55 -19%
- 4. Pichon Baron (1985) £1056.59 -18%
- 5. Pavie (1999) £1322.87 -18%
- 6. Leoville Barton (1999) £546.36 -17%
- 7. Lafite Rothschild (1986) £15519.88 -17%
- 8. Lafite Rothschild (2006) £5051.49 -17%
- 9. Mouton Rothschild (2008) £5385.67 -17%
- 10. Haut Brion (2008) £2021.52 -15%
- 1. Pin (2004) £3483.13 -42%
- 2. Dom Perignon (1990) £2635.43 -39%
- 3. Louis Roederer, Cristal (2002) £1569.43 -33%
- 4. Dom Perignon (1998) £1080.00 -30%
- 5. Mission Haut Brion (2007) £821.66 -27%
- 6. Lafite Rothschild (1995) £3950.00 -26%
- 7. Lafleur (2001) £1564.44 -26%
- 8. Margaux (1998) £1825.22 -24%
- 9. Petit Mouton (2009) £1133.48 -24%
- 10. DRC, Romanee St Vivant (2006) £637.73 -22%
- 1. Pin (2004) £3483.13 -50%
- 2. Lafite Rothschild (1989) £3200.00 -37%
- 3. Lafite Rothschild (2008) £8586.33 -34%
- 4. Mouton Rothschild (2008) £5385.67 -34%
- 5. Lafite Rothschild (2008) £9196.78 -33%
- 6. DRC, Tache (2005) £15000.00 -33%
- 7. Mouton Rothschild (2008) £5129.33 -32%
- 8. Pavillon Rouge (2005) £1294.25 -31%
- 9. Petit Mouton (2008) £576.26 -29%
- 10. Margaux (1996) £5751.69 -28%
Prices shown are today's Current Average List Price in GBP for a Standard In Bond case of 12x75cl OWC (unless stated otherwise) and are presented under license from Liv-ex.com
