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The Hong Kong market has responded positively to the wine duty exemption with $2.71 billion in wine imports recorded in the first nine months of the year, up 41% on the same period last year according to the Secretary for Commerce & Economic...
The original plates used to illustrate various 19th century editions of the renowned Cocks & Féret Bordeaux et Ses Vins guide go on sale in Paris later this month. The set of 588 copper plates will be auctioned by Artcurial in Paris on 18 December....
The Daily Express is reporting that cheaper prices in the UK have put paid to the traditional cross-Channel shopping trip. Eurotunnel says the day-trip market has slumped and many of the car parks outside the French wine and beer warehouses were half...
Wine has outperformed gold since reliable monthly records began in 1993 with fine wine prices rising more than ten fold compared to the price of gold which has only doubled in price over the same period. According to Liv-ex (the Fine Wine Index)...
Jane Anson (New Bordeaux Blog) has written an interesting article for Decanter titled Merlot 'impossible' in Bergerac. She has reported that one of Bergerac's most renowned winemakers, Hugh Ryman of Chateau de la Jaubertie, has claimed that global...
