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Back Over the past twelve months, Capital Vintners and the wine market have experienced a particularly challenging period. Early signs of recovery in the first quarter were offset by the

Back Introduction All of Liv-ex’s major indices, except for the Italy 100, recorded declines in January. All indices are now down over the past one-year and two-year periods. 10 of the

  Back Introduction On paper, the Burgundy 2022 vintage is everything producers and buyers were after: good quality, highly-rated wines in decent volumes (at least, in comparison to 2021). The

Back As 2024 draws to a close the wine market has seen another complex year. The top traded wines for Capital Vintners have had a similar year to the last. 

Back As 2023 draws to a close the wine market has seen a very complicated year. The top traded wines for Capital Vintners have seen a very big challenge to

Back The fine wine market has always been good at maintaining stability during times of economic uncertainty – in fact, that’s what it does best. During the recession of 2007/8,

Back Back in March, as COVID-19 forced bidders to stay at home, auction houses Zachys and Sotheby’s were given no choice but to transform their businesses overnight. The result has

Back No-one expected much of this year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign. What with the looming uncertainty of Brexit on the cards, a market that was steadily losing interest due to

  Back From the rolling fields of Tuscany to the patchwork vineyards of Piedmont, Italian fine wines are at the forefront of growth on the secondary market – in the

Back While the market as a whole experiences the typical April lull as it waits with baited breath for En Primeur price releases, interest in Bordeaux is comparatively high as

Back It’s big news this week for the wine community and, more specifically, Bordeaux wine producers – Robert Parker is stepping down from reviewing Bordeaux wines altogether. Last year he

Back Robert Parker’s Essex-born successor has at last released his assessment of the Bordeaux 2015 vintage wines in barrel, deeming the year an “excellent vintage” and likening the distribution of

Back Last week brought the news that, for the first time since the market’s peak in 2011, the Bordeaux 500 is now the best performing sub-index of the Liv-ex Fine

Back The 2005 vintage of Chateau Montrose, an estate in the St Estephe appellation of the Médoc, and Cheval Blanc 2006, a wine ranked among the top four growers of

Back Burgundy’s flagship estate has topped the charts of Sotheby auction house’s best-selling fine wine producers, at both retail and auction, for the third consecutive year. Sotheby’s made US$60.4 million

Back February has followed in January’s footsteps and proved a corking month for fine wine investment, featuring prestige cuvée Champagnes among the top performing ranks. The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100

Back Unless you live in a cupboard, you’re likely to have seen the words ‘natural’, ‘organic’ and even ‘biodynamic’ plastered increasingly over supermarket produce, from eggs boxes to healthy snacks

Back We all know that the Chinese wine market has boomed over the last few years, but recently there has been rumours abounding that demand has been decreasing after the

Back Many people decide to collect fine wine as a hobby more than to make an investment; but what if this hobby became a very smart way of making quick

Back Drinkers, collectors and merchants all over London spent the month of January waiting with baited breath for Krug 2002 to arrive on the market. Champagne’s latest release went on

Back In the last five years there can be no denying that China has been pushing the fine wine market skyward almost single-handedly. No one could have predicted the demand

Back It’s been another busy week for Burgundies across the globe. DRC 2010 The Domaine de la Romanee-Conti 2010 vintage has been released, with the owner Aubert de Villaine calling

Back Ever since 1971, when Sassicaia became the first ever ‘Super Tuscan,’ this impressive red wine has not only grown in reputation and price, but it has put Italian wines

Back Robert Parker released his scores for the Bordeaux 2010 vintage this weekend. 10 wines were awarded a perfect score of 100 points: Latour Haut-Brion Petrus Le Dome La Violette

Back James Suckling shares his thoughts on the Bordeaux 2010 vintage……. The renowned wine critic James Suckling has awarded 11 wines 100 points from the Bordeaux 2010 vintage. Bearing in

Back A Hong Kong auction at Sotheby’s last weekend may have signified a further string to the Asian fine wine market’s bow being added as Rhône Valley wines fared very

Back In the past few months there has been a significant rise in interest in fine wine from Burgundy. So the 2011 en primeur Burgundies are bound to attract attention.

Back Who will be the next China? That’s the question on everyone’s lips as we enter 2013. The front-runners are India, Brazil and Russia. But as well as the BRIC

Back After initial worries about the Champagne 2012 harvest – poor weather and a huge harvest shortage – it would appear that the vintage could be a special one. Thanks

Back This week we will be focusing on the year ahead, with an emphasis on the areas of the market we think will see growth in the next 12 months.

Back After China blew the roof off the fine wine market in 2010, the industry has been looking for the next big economy to lead the way. It might have

Back After three long years of waiting for a name, the Bordeaux wine cultural centre finally has one: the City of Civilisations Wine (Cite des Civilisations de Vin). The centre’s

Back Robert Parker Jr – the world’s most renowned wine critic – has stepped down as editor-in-chief of the influential publication, the Wine Advocate. A percentage of the magazine has

Back Nigeria is now Africa’s second largest economy in Africa and will be the world’s fourth most populous nation by 2050. More importantly it has been reported that Nigeria’s wine

Back The Champagne region of France, just like Bordeaux and Burgundy, did not have a good year weather-wise and suffered a smaller harvest than usual. But initial reports indicate the

Back Is Champagne bucking the trend of ‘austerity Britain’? It would appear so. Champagne was hit hard during the economic slump but it would appear that it is now recovering

Back Once again Burgundies steal the show and top the auction lists. This weekend auctions at Sotheby’s in New York and Zachys’ in Hong Kong both saw high figures, especially

Back The Chinese taste for buying up French wine estates has not ceased, with news of yet another Chinese businessman buying Chateau Bellefont-Belcier. More importantly Bellefont-Belcier has Grande Cru Classe

Back EU wine regions lobby against vineyard extension plans The European Commission (EC) expects to see a freeing up of planning rights across European vineyards starting in January 2016. This

Back Here at Capital Vintners we like to keep as up to date as possible on movements in the global fine wine market. China is currently importing a significant amount of Bordeaux

Back Hong Kong’s financial secretary announced that the total value of wine imports to the region in 2011 was around £750 million. Speaking at the opening of the fair, John

Back Burgundies ended the year strongly in a Hong Kong auction this weekend.  Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. Remember this wine estate because it is breaking records right now. Three 2005

Back A couple of fantastic Robert Parker-endorsed Bordeaux 2009 wines are making a splash right now. Here at Capital Vintners we know that Bordeaux wines are always a great investment opportunity, with two

Back Once again Burgundies steal the show and top the auction lists. This weekend auctions at Sotheby’s in New York and Zachys’ in Hong Kong both saw high figures, especially

Back The Brazilian Wine Institute and the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets want to double the total consumption of fine wine in the next four years to forty million litres. The Brazilian

Back Chateau Margaux has hired Fangyuan Zheng, a business development manager, in Shanghai to overlook the Bordeaux producer’s sales across the region.  The esteemed French wine producer is building on its brand

Back Bad weather across Europe has led to a terrible harvest this year, with wine experts expecting a 20 per cent drop in the grape harvest in France compared to

Back China is due to become the world’s second largest market for luxury goods in the space of five years. Luxury goods sales could reach $302 billion worldwide this year,

Back Christie’s have reported that Burgundies are performing incredibly well right now. In particular Domaine de la Romanee-Conti has performed well. Although Bordeaux wines are still top dog, Burgundies are gaining

Back Capital Vintners is excited to hear that four Michelin-starred chefs and Arnaud Christiaens, a French hedge fund manager and oenophile, have joined forces to create a new wine brand from

Back Renowned British architect Sir Norman Foster has been hired to revamp Chateau Margaux.   The renovation will include an underground bottle library for past vintages and a new vinification cellar,

Back Champagne is not just seen as a drink for special occasions but as an asset.  Fine art, wine and even stamps are often featured in the collections of wealthy clientele all

Back WHAT MAKES A GOOD SOMMELIER?  A Sommelier is designed to take away much of the stress and guess work out of choosing a fine wine. As Ernest Hemmingway once

Back A RECOVERY IS ON THE HORIZON AFTER LAST YEAR’S CORRECTION  A recent article in the Financial Times (19th July 2012) will come as a relief to many buyers and

Back HAVING A DRINK TO THE DIAMOND JUBILEE With the Diamond Jubilee now over, we can only begin to imagine the amount of wine that was consumed over the 4-day