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After the good and the great went to Bordeaux recently to look at the vintage, the merchants are now trying to sell what is considered to be a good vintage. Some wines such as Château Cos d’Estournel sold well after releasing at the 2015 prices, but many producers have decided to put the price up on the very high 2015 prices. With some producers pushing prices up by 12-17%, these have not sold as successfully.
Liv-ex is the leading Fine Wine Exchange through which fine wines are traded between merchants as commodities. James Miles, founder and director, explains how the exchange works in the first of three interviews.
James Miles is a founder and director of Liv-ex, the leading Fine Wine Exchange. In this second interview we follow the highs and lows of the last decade of en primeur campaigns in Bordeaux.
Chateau La Conseillante is one of the top producers in Pomerol, Bordeaux. Director Jean-Michel Laporte tells us about the 2008 vintage.
Berry Bros & Rudd is finding cases of Bordeaux 2005 that it sold ‘en primeur’ have increased in value more than any other vintage between harvest and being shipped to the UK
The Bordeaux 2007 en primeur campaign drew to a close last week
Denbies’ Bacchus 2004 was served at a dinner held for President Bush by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street recently.
St-Emilion classification St-Emilion’s chateaux have been left in labelling disarray
Bordeaux wine producers union seeks permission to test grape varieties which are currently illegal under the appellation laws.
Berry Bros & Rudd verdict on the 2008 Bordeaux is that it's a mixed bag in terms of quality.
Château Latour has released its 2008 vintage at €110 per bottle, almost half the 2007 price.
Pomerol producers are opposing new legislation forcing them to make their wines within the appellation's 780 acres by 2018.
Sauternes producer Chateau d'Arche is to launch its second wine, La Perle d'Arche, into nightclubs served in 100ml test-tube bottles.
Several wine merchants in the USA expect prices for the 2009 Bordeaux vintage to be high following the hype surrounding the vintage so far.
Savvy Chinese wine buyers diversifying beyond Bordeaux and buying from Burgundy and the New World.
Fine wine exchange Liv-ex has promoted Chateaux Pontet Canet, Beychevelle and Duhart Milon to second growth.
The 2011 harvest has started early in Bordeaux and Champagne.
Relief from some Bordeaux producers that 2011 will be just an ordinary vintage!
A new term 'Claret de Bordeaux' is to be used for wines under AOC Bordeaux, AOC Bordeaux Superieur and AOC Cotes de Bordeaux appellations.
Wine critic Robert Parker rates 19 2009 Bordeaux's a perfect 100 and prices start to rise.
25-hectare Castillon Cotes De Bordeaux estate bought by Laithwaites
En Primeur 2011 is under way and the message is that quality is mixed and pricing will be much lower than 2010.
Will Bordeaux 2011 prices be low enough to get the campaign off the ground?
Chateau Lafite Rothschild is to seal all its bottles with the Prooftag bubble seal as an anti-fraud measure.
Bordeaux 2011 prices wake up to the reality of the market but is it too late?
Family reassured that Chateau Calon Ségur sold for €200m will remain in French hands.
Wine Auctions lose ground around the world as investors diversify from Bordeaux
Fine wine exchange Liv-ex has recalculated the 1855 Bordeaux Classification with its price-based ranking of the Bordeaux classed growths.
Reports are mixed from 2012 en primeur tasting in Bordeaux.
Bordeaux 2012 prices are down and coming thick and fast.
Definite trend of decreasing 2012 Bordeaux prices but not all are dropping.
It is revealed that en primeur tastings wines are different blends to the final wines
A 10-minute hailstorm last Friday is thought to have caused damage to up to 20,000 hectares of vineyards in Bordeaux.
Bordeaux faces its smallest harvest in over 20 years, according to the Bordeaux Wine Bureau.
2013 harvesting begins across the globe what effect on pricing ?
Bordeaux prices slide and 2013 not looking hopeful either
Worlds biggest producer and consumer of wine within 5 years but how does that affect those outside China?
Liv-ex index declining for the 11th consecutive month
2013 en primeur vintage fails to meet requirements of a fine red wine vintage.
Bordeaux growth in the UK is being driven by dry white wines.
Red Obsession docu-film about the rise and fall of Bordeaux.
The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 has made its first monthly gain since March 2013, rising by 0.94% in August 2014.
Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes affected by heavy rainfall.
UK importers and merchants write to Bordeaux producers to ask for better pricing.
Bordeaux looks to new grapes in light of changing climates
Bordeaux museum to be rebranded and remodelled
Rare vines vandalised but fraud investigation now ensues.
First impressions of the Bordeaux 2015 vintage as en premier tastings get underway.
En Primeur prices start to be released for Bordeaux
Chinese authorities agree to give legal cover to Bordeaux appellations.
The weather gave producers a decent year for most to produce the style of wine they wanted.
We take a look at the sales from Bordeaux exports in 2016. To work out where the 2016 vintage Bordeaux wines are likely to go.
Price rises in the Bordeaux 2016 vintage slow sales.
Châteaux push prices higher but offer less wine for sale.
Liv-Ex's biannual update of the right bank classification based on 1855 'left bank' criteria.
Around 7,000 hectares of vines where severely hit by a freak hail storm in Bordeaux this week.
With the 2017 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign over, with mixed prices, 2015 vintage is looking good.
Sunshine is usually considered a good thing but in 2018 too much sunshine and not enough water may result in wines with alcohols at 14% or higher!
Bordeaux En Primeur tastings are underway but the market has some very mixed messages.
As many critics are still trying to process the two weeks of tasting the Bordeaux 2018 vintages top St Emillion producer Ch Angelus has launched its campaign by releasing its 2018 vintage at the same price at 2015.
Bordeaux and Châteauneuf-du-Pape are changing their grape varieties to help combat climate change.
As the 2017 Bordeaux En Primeur campaign is about to be delivered it appears that most investors appear to have lost money. But Italy appears to be a country that is becoming more popular with LIV-ex investors.
The well regarded 2019 Bordeaux vintage is being released the main trend appears to be prices are lower.
Bordeaux 2019 en primeur prices continue to soften. Recent releases with 2 first growths Château Mouton Rothschild and Château Haut Brion are down 30%.
Bordeaux will see the introduction of six new grape varieties going into the ground this spring, including Touriga Nacional and Albariño in their Bordeaux AOC and Bordeaux Superieur AOC wines.
The price for the 2020 Cheval Blanc is €380 / btl and is very close to the 2019 vintage of €370 /btl and the quality appears to be at least as good.
A group of Bordeaux negociants are expanding into selling Barolo. Eight negociants will be offering Michele Chiarlo Barolo Cerequio 2018 from March onwards.
The coldest night in April since 1947 years has caused wide spread frost throughout France
A survey of Merchants suggest 71% think volumes will be down on the 2021 Bordeaux En Primeur wines.
Chateau Ausone, who recently announced that they will not be included in the latest St Emilion re-classification, has released its 2021 vintage at £500/btl. It appears leaving the classification has not dented its price.
With high hopes at the start that this year's campaign would ‘energize’ the En Primeur market according to Liv-Ex, they concluded ‘one of the least successful of recent times’
Wild fires in Bordeaux and drought in Northern Italy as summer weather causes problems for wine regions.
Château Figeac promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé A in St Emilion re-classification.
Producers so far have applied for 9,300 hectares (ha) of Bordeaux vineyards to receive €67m in funding to be grubbed up.