Blogs from the Vinalyst
10 May, 2012
Many had hoped that the fine wine market would find genuine momentum following the kick start given by Robert Parker's generous bottle scores for the 2009 vintage and a sensible en primeur campaign.
There was much talk of the Bordelais having failed to...
1 May, 2012
Now Robert Parker has released his scores, I would expect the campaign to get underway properly.
It is hard to imagine any news that will manage to beat Château Latour pulling out of the en primeur system, or Château Lafite being one of the first estates...
29 April, 2012
At the Sotheby’s auction held on the 28th April in New York, buyers once again have demonstrated their fondness for older vintages and special formats, as long as they can boast the credentials of being Château released.
The sale was made up of wines...
13 April, 2012
The monumental news for this year’s primeur campaign is that Château Latour has decided that it will no longer sell any of its wines as futures.
Rumours of this have been circulating this afternoon and I envisaged a situation where the wine would be...
13 April, 2012
I believe that I have already thrown my hat in the arena when I wrote a blog on this subject in January of this year.
In an article published in Harpers Wine & Spririt Trade Review, Simon Davies of Fine & Rare Wines states that regulation is...
9 April, 2012
It already seems that the white wines of 2011 are winners in terms of quality, which happens to lead nicely into instalment three of the Bordeaux 2011 blog.
Why do the classed wines of Sauternes and Barsac not command the same prices as red wines of...
4 April, 2012
Will this be enough to stimulate the market?
This morning Decanter has suggested that the first growth Châteaux of the Médoc will release the 2011 vintage at a price of €300-€350 per bottle ex-négociant. Allowing for currency conversion and estimated...
3 April, 2012
There is for a change, some kind of consensus between the Châteaux and the merchants and buyers, in that both sides agree that there has to be some kind of reduction on last years prices. The sticking point is obviously how much of a reduction is needed...
2 April, 2012
In the modern world, it may seem a little ridiculous that we could have ever looked upon Bordeaux fever as anything other than a psychological problem. Nevertheless it is originally thought to have been caused by bad air; subsequently it was believed...
23 March, 2012
The post Christmas headlines screamed out that the fine wine market was doomed and anyone holding first growth Bordeaux may as well have some tulip seeds or a bath full of South Seas bubbles.
The New Year however, seemed to show some small signs of...
