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FINE WINE INVESTMENT: BROADENING HORIZONS

Last week Liv-ex announced that the total value of bids and offers on its platform had reached an all-time high at over £50m. It is worth pausing to reflect on the implications of this. In the early years of the century volumes were in the lower single…
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End of an era: Parker hands Martin the reins for Bordeaux…

At a press conference in London, the veteran Parker handed over responsibility for en primeur to team member Neal Martin, who he described as a “natural” and who he had already hinted could succeed him in a Liv-ex interview back in 2012. On the…
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With Low Prices, Should Wine Collectors Take a Sip?

The market appears to be stabilizing after the big drop in Chinese demand By. Ed McCarthy - January 16th , 2015 . Wine investing is a long-term project, experts say. Crude oil hasn’t been the only liquid dropping in value recently—the prices of top-end Bordeaux…
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Black, yellow and liquid gold

The chart above shows clear correlations between the performance of oil, gold and wine over the past 15 years. Demand from emerging markets, namely China, has been one significant driving force behind movements in each of these three markets. In the case of…
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What does the drop in oil prices mean for wine?

By Jane Anson 13 Jan 2015 It’s impossible to avoid predictions, projections, warnings and dreaming at the start of a new year. Sitting here in France six days after two gunmen burst into the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, 2015 suddenly looks a whole lot more…
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