September 11, 2020
Talking Trade – September releases in full swing
La Place de Bordeaux picked up this week with the Monday release of Opus One 2017. The wine was offered…
September 4, 2020
Talking Trade – La Place Beyond Bordeaux begins
During the month of August, unique wines traded (LWIN7) reached an all-time high, surpassing the previous month’s record by 14.6%….
August 28, 2020
Talking Trade – Italy continues to shine
By Tuesday the 25th of August, the value of Italian wine trade in 2020 surpassed the whole of 2019. In…
August 21, 2020
Talking Trade – 2020 Northern Hemisphere harvest begins
Harvest came roaring to life this week as a number of wineries in the Northern Hemisphere dusted off their crates…
August 14, 2020
Talking Trade – Australian wines lead trade
At the start of the week, Neal Martin (Vinous) released his scores and notes on 2016 Bordeaux tasted blind. The…
August 7, 2020
Talking Trade – Record number of wines trading
The amount of unique LWINs – the universal identifier for wines and spirits – traded hit an all time high…
July 31, 2020
Talking Trade – Bordeaux back in the shade
With summer holidays upon us (and a timely mini heat wave to add some flavour) trading activity has slowed this…
July 24, 2020
Talking Trade – 100-point Petrus leads weekly trade
Bordeaux seems to have made a comeback of late: having consistently maintained its market share below 50%, the region accounted…
The first of the 2017 Barbaresco’s released this week led by one of Piedmont’s finest, Gaja. After a difficult growing…
This week was memorable for smaller fine wine regions. South African wine Mullineux NV Olerasay 2° was awarded 100 points…
Free report – Automation
Inside this report: How to make use of the “huge advantage” offered by automation.
Free report – Selling wine in a post-Covid-19 world
For the wine industry to survive and thrive into the future, it needs to quickly adapt to what has come to be defined as ‘the new normal’.