En primeur: great quality, but don't hold your breath on price

First impressions on this year's en primeur seem to be that the quality is there - but don't hold your breath about prices coming down.

Bancroft wines restructures and strengthens the team as profits rise 10%

Bancroft Wines is restructuring to create four wine divisions dedicated to its key sales channels.

Demand surges for bigger bottles of wine

Demand for bigger bottles of wine is increasing, with one retailer predicting sales will rise by 8% in the next 12 months.

Liv-ex optimistic about fine wine market heading into 2015

Bordeaux's fine wine market "looks to be recovering", says fine wine exchange Liv-ex, whose 100 index has showed gains over the past four months, with its 50-index holding steady since July.

Liv-ex: Value of trades drops 19% in November 2014

According to the Liv-ex's most recent market report, "the value of trades in November was down 19% on this time last year" signalling the on-going challenge of Bordeaux's most iconic wines continually demanding the historical prices of just a few years ago.

Fine wine merchant AWC appoints David Murphy operations manager

Fine wine and spirits merchant AWC has appointed David Murphy, formerly of Wine Networks and Liberty Wines, operations manager, as its business grows. 

Downward slide in fine wine prices halts, says Wine Asset Managers

The downward slide in fine wine trading has halted with flat prices for the three months since July 2014, but a change in perception has made consumers once ready to cough up £14,000 for Lafite 2008 now reluctant to part with £5,000.

Bordeaux's fine wine market ripe for recovery, says Liv-ex chief

Four years of falling prices have brought the Bordeaux market to its "lowest ebb since the early 1970s", meaning now is a good time to enter the market.

H2Vin boosts fine wine focus with two new recruits

Wine experts in war of words over fine wine as worthwhile investment

Wine experts are at loggerheads over whether it's worth investing in fine wine or not.

Will Beck: why there is plenty of life - and money - in wine investment

I read Stephen Forward's article entitled "It's time wine investment was consigned to the history books" with interest, not so much because I am a partner at a FCA authorised asset management company that specialises in fine wine investment, and therefore have more than a passing interest in the subject, but because it is rather inconsistent and ill-conceived.

Bordeaux Index sees 'green shoots of recovery' in fine wine market

Fine wine merchant Bordeaux Index is seeing a recovery in the market thanks to growing demand for Bordeaux wines from the US and Asian markets.

Farr Vintners buys Magnum Fine Wines

Farr Vintners has bought Magnum Fine Wines for an undisclosed sum as owner Alan Rayne has retired from the wine trade.

Fine wine investors looking to pawn collections, says high end dealer

A high end London pawnbroker says wealthy clients are increasingly looking to pawn their fine wine collections to access cash, and that for him, fine wine is the top-performing luxury asset.

Top Spanish wines tipped for growth in Asia

Antique Wine Company predicts that Spanish wines are heading for major growth in the Asian fine wine market, driven by the rapidly expanding Philippine market.

?Liv-ex Fine Wine indices continue to decline

The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 index continued its slide reporting that February closed down for the eleventh consecutive month, closing at 252.50, down 0.9%, while the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 fell another 1.2% to 287.10.

?Liv-ex launches the Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000 index

Bordeaux 2013 en primeur could shake up wine industry

Bordeaux's 2013 en primeur campaign may well be a "damp squib" thanks to a poor vintage and lack of interest from top journalists, but it could shake-up the trade and consumers.

Third year of decline for fine wine leads to 'healthier' position

Fine wine market declines for third year says Liv-ex