Could a bottle of Penfolds Grange be this year’s most expensive wine? A single 75cl-bottle of Penfolds Grange Bin 1 Shiraz 1951 has sold for $142,131, smashing the previous record set by a wine from this vintage of Australia’s super star fine wine…
The top ten performing investment wines in the first half of 2021 have been revealed. In a buoyant market the leading wines have seen value growth up to 35% in the first six months and the top ten ranking mirrors the regional diversity of the secondary market this year. Find out the top ten performers…
The UK inflation rate rose 2.5% in the month of June 2021, exceeding the Bank of England’s 2% target and the general economic forecasts. Savers are being encouraged to take action to protect value and tangible, alternative investments such as fine wine are an option…
St Emilion’s original two Grand Cru Classe A estates Ausone and Cheval Blanc have ‘thrown a rock into the pool’, confirming their decision to withdraw from their AOC’s classification system, sending shock waves across the region…
Well, we all want to win in Italy, don’t we? And not just the football! Whilst it may be hard for many of us to think about anything but England’s winning performance and the focus on Rome this coming weekend, market data from Liv-ex also steers us to look at wine investment in the region and the top performers
What are the key factors that influence the value of fine wine investments? How was a single bottle of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti sold at auction for US$558,000? Get our top ten influences on fine wine prices and what you should look out for when investing in wine.
The Tax treatment of fine wine is a key attraction for investors and collectors. Our latest Market Report is prepared by independent Tax Specialist, Peter Owen and provides insight to the key considerations when including fine wine in your Tax planning. Find out more about CGT and other Tax implications for your wine
The Bordeaux 2020 campaign is now in its final stages with the First Growths releasing their en primeur allocations this week. The key questions to be answered pre-campaign were – what is the quality of the vintage and how will it be priced? We look at which 2020 wines offer value to buy ‘en primeur’.
With Bordeaux 2020 en primeurs dominating market focus and the key First Growths still to release, we look at the performance of 2019 wines as a guide to investors in the latest vintage offering. See which top performers have achieved over 100% growth in 12 months …
Antonio Galloni, is the last of the key critics to provide an independent, qualitative guide for fine wine investors, on the new Bordeaux vintage and we get his critical opinion on the 2020 top en primeurs…