Fine wine news

The most expensive fine wines in 2026
Domaine Leroy and Domaine d'Auvenay, both owned by Lalou Bize-Leroy, take 17 of the 25 places i...

Bordeaux’s commemorative bottles: Does the gold label pay off?
Bordeaux's 2025 vintage arrives alongside anniversary bottles from Gruaud Larose (300 years) an...

Harvest 2026: Europe’s earliest picking on record as heat reshapes the vintage
Champagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy are all tracking towards record-early picking dates, while Ita...

Champagne caps 2026 harvest at its lowest yield since the pandemic
Champagne's marketable yield for 2026 has been set at 8,800kg/ha, equivalent to around 250 mill...

Louis Roederer’s Burgundy deal points to where fine wine capital is heading
Louis Roederer has completed its first-ever Burgundy acquisition, buying Domaine Pierre Damoy a...

Fine wine’s price correction meets a new generation of collectors
97% of UK and US wealth managers expect demand for fine wine to remain strong, the highest resu...

Stronger US dollar puts fine wine’s currency independence in focus
WineCap's 2026 Wealth Report found 98% of surveyed US wealth managers see fine wine's independe...

The top 20 fine wine performers of H1 2026 reveal a market returning to fundamentals
Back-vintage Bordeaux dominated H1 2026, with mature vintages from 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 ou...

Fine wine vs whisky investment: What wealth managers prefer in 2026
Fine wine remains the leading collectable asset among wealth managers, with 97% of UK and US re...