and what it means to you
30.04.24 – Fine Wine Investment – A brief market update in advance of the imminent en primeur campaign. We are glad to be able to report a few rays of hope that we’re through the worst of the recent correction. Below is the Liv-ex 100 (the benchmark) over the last 2 years. We can see […]
01.03.24 – Fine Wine Investment – Those of us whose tea caddies were down to the last few leaves will have been alarmed by headlines recently suggesting that shortages were just around the corner. Shipping routes through the Red Sea are being affected by the Houthi interference so our future tea bags are having to […]
18.08.23 – Fine Wine Investment – Amidst evolving market conditions, the Bordeaux 2022 en primeur campaign is firmly in the rear-view mirror, prompting a careful examination of pricing strategies and buyer sentiment. The campaign has garnered mixed reactions from the fine wine trade, with many expressing disappointments over the high release prices and their impact […]
02.09.22 – Fine Wine Investment – The Fine Wine market has paused for breath over the last month or so which is not too surprising given its outstanding performance over the year to date, flying ahead despite the combined headwinds of global economic and geo-political outlook which have dented the returns of more mainstream markets. […]
08.08.22 – Fine Wine Investment – Mercifully we can now bid farewell to the ill-fated 2021 En Primeur campaign. Having discussed its flaws in earlier notes there is no need to re-hash here. Suffice to say it is now regarded, other than for the occasional gem (boy did we have to choose our 21s selectively! […]
24.06.22 – Fine Wine Investment – We are drawing inexorably to the close of this year’s en primeur campaign and the release prices are unfortunately pretty much in line with the gloomier prognostications. Very few bargains thus far, plenty which defy reality, and others which, as we shall see, are notable but unfortunately not for […]
24.05.22 – Fine Wine Investment – There is a great spectator sport that takes place this time every year, as Fine Wine producers and commentators tie themselves in knots trying to justify what is more often than not going to be an absurdly priced en primeur campaign. Screeds are written about the climatic conditions of […]
25.04.22 – Fine Wine Investment – Notwithstanding the ongoing challenges posed to investors in all markets due to the seemingly endless supply of bad news, Fine Wine prices continue to rise, on ever-increasing volumes. March saw activity on the Liv-ex platform surge by 20% over February levels, with indices continuing to test all time high […]
18.03.22 – Fine Wine Investment – It always seems odd to be writing about investment issues when such events as are unfolding in Ukraine hold centre stage, but life doesn’t press the pause button and although markets are emotionally linked to such matters on a short term basis, beyond that they are ethically agnostic. People […]
8.02.22 – Fine Wine Investment – The Fine Wine market has enjoyed rather a decent pandemic and is in such robust health that articles have recently been penned wondering whether a correction might be due. “Corrections” are NOT “bear markets”, by the way. Corrections occur within the life of bull markets for any or for […]
17.03.21 – Fine Wine Investment – Under normal circumstances mid-March in the fine wine market is a very exciting time, awash with expectation about the forthcoming En Primeur campaign, but unfortunately we can’t quite call these normal circumstances. The recent attempt by the UGCB to raise the stakes by announcing that the campaign this year, […]
12.01.21 – Fine Wine Investment – If you were told at the start of 2020 what was about to happen over the next 12 months, and asked to forecast the impact on asset prices, hands up everyone who thought Elon Musk would by now be the wealthiest person on the planet. We suspect there would […]