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
wine investment BLOG
‘Back to reality’ say vintners
Date posted: January 20, 2012
After the hype and expectation of the 2009 and 2010 vintages, many producers in Bordeaux are pleased to announce an average year. Read full story...
Chinese interest in lower ranking chateaux increasing, say negociants
Date posted: January 16, 2012
There has been much talk of bubbles bursting and markets correcting surrounding the sales of First Growths in China lately. Earlier this year an unprecedented 59 of 821 lots, including cases of 1961, 1995, 2000 and 2005 Lafite, went unsold at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong. Read full story...
Acker auction puts Burgundy in focus
Date posted: January 13, 2012
The drivers of the wine import boom into Hong Kong over the last few years have undoubtedly been the major Bordeaux estates. There are signs however that that is beginning to change.
The price of premium Bordeaux is beginning to fall after years of continuous inflation. At a recent Hong Kong auction, Chinese investors did what was once considered unthinkable: they snubbed Lafite. At the same auction the top four lots were all from Burgundy. A 12 bottle case of 1988 Romanee-Conti went for £74,000.
The firm Acker Merrall & Condit is hoping that Burgundy will pick up the slack where Bordeaux has begun to level out. They are auctioning 1300 lots, mainly from Burgundy, estimated to be worth around £8m.
The most expensive of the lots is a 12-bottle case of 1990 Henri Jayer Vosne Romanée Cros Parantoux expected to fetch around £48,000. Others include a 12-bottle case of 1990 Domaine de la Romanée Conti La Tâche, estimated at £38,000, and six bottles of 1978 Domaine Georges Roumier Musigny, estimated to sell for around £25,000. Read full story...
Hong Kong toast of wine world amid global woes
Date posted: January 13, 2012
Despite a climate of global economic uncertainty, the market for wine in Hong Kong is as bullish as ever and is growing year on year. Read full story...
Red Rises in China
Date posted: January 10, 2012
To many Western minds the Chinese wine lover is still a hazy figure. We have all heard the stories of Petrus served with Coca Cola (a practice which is still encountered but is gradually disappearing), the bottles of 1982 First Growths left on display on the mantle-piece above a roaring fire, Read full story...
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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%
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