Fine Wine Index Versus Gold and Equity Markets James Pala Europe’s finest, fine wine analyst:) This chart says it all, and why are we here? Despite equity markets in the U.S reaching all time highs, the economy is still dragging itself into 2017. The word on the street is ‘Brace Yourself’. Not if you’re a…
The last ten years: China If we look back to 2006 and consider how mainland Chinaâs wine market has changed, itâs first worth considering just how young that market was. By 2006, the imported wine market was barely 15 years old and Chinese wine production, though expanded in the 1980s, had not yet made the…
How to choose the best Thanksgiving wine Choosing Thanksgiving wine is a minefield of trying to pair with many flavours of the dinner table and attempting to please all the family. Ray Isle gives us his top tips for finding the perfect bottles…  âȘ See the 2016 wine recommendations from William Kelley below Writing about Thanksgiving…
Dom PĂ©rignon P2 RosĂ© 1996: Review Michael Edwards reviews the newly released Dom PĂ©rignon P2 RosĂ© 1996 along with its older sisters, the 1995 & 1993… Dom PĂ©rignonâs chef de cave Richard Geoffroy was eloquently realistic about Champagneâs place in the world, talking before the launch of the Dom PĂ©rignon P2 RosĂ© 1996. âThereâs one…
What a Trump presidency might mean for wine Donald Trump has won a tumultuous US presidential election campaign battle against Hillary Clinton. What could that mean for wine collectors and producers? First take: What president Trump might mean for wine⊠–  Surprise win dubbed âAmericaâs Brexitâ and leaves markets volatile –  Both Trump…
Brexit means wine prices will rise, warns trade body Brexit means that it’s likely to become more expensive to drink wines from Europe in the UK, says the country’s leading wine trade body in the starkest warning so far from the industry. Consumers may soon have to pay an extra 29 pence on average for…
Naked Wines to raise prices amid Brexit fallout Naked Wines has warned its investor-consumers that prices will rise in the aftermath of Brexit, amid a weak sterling and growing unease Britain’s EU exit strategy. Naked Wines, which is owned by Majestic Wine, has said that it will raise prices by 5% on half of its…
UK ministers drink less wine and sell off Latour 1961 â figures á” Â Â Â Ministers cut consumption ahead of general election á” Â Â Â Bottles of Latour 1961 sold to cover costs á” Â Â Â Xi Jinping banquet ate into stocks of Haut-Brion 1989 Officials sold six bottles of the lauded ChĂąteau Latour 1961 from…
Anson: How Bordeaux 1982 wines taste today Jane Anson gets a rare chance to taste eight Bordeaux 1982 wines from top Left Bank estates and hands out three 100-point scores. Read her report below… It was one of those tastings when you can feel the emotions rising in the room; a horizontal of eight Bordeaux…
24-hour red wine fountain opens in Italy Visitors to a town in Italy’s Abruzzo region can drink red wine from a free fountain set up by a local winery… The Dora Sarchese winery said on its Facebook page that it had installed the free, 24-hour red wine fountain in the commune of Caldari di Ortona. Anybody…