Welcome to the May 2017 Liv-ex newsletter
Bordeaux might be dominating the headlines at the moment, but in April trade for the region dipped. The Liv-ex 100 Index drifted for the first time in nearly a year and a half, and it was Bordeaux pulling it down. The pricing levels of the new releases – a key concern expressed by members in our En Primeur survey – will likely help to inform the market’s future direction.
Results: Liv-ex En Primeur Survey 2016
Thank you to everyone that completed this year’s Liv-ex members En Primeur survey. The results are now available, offering you a unique insight into the views of the trade on the vintage. This year, Lafite Rothschild was crowned ‘wine of the vintage’, and, once again, Grand Puy Lacoste was the top value pick. To view the full results, click here.
For a reminder of how to sell En Primeur stock on Liv-ex, please click here.
Interview with Jane Anson
Liv-ex recently caught up with Decanter Bordeaux reviewer, Jane Anson, who has recently published her verdict on the 2016 vintage. In an interview published on Liv-ex Insights, Jane shares her thoughts on the vintage, wine criticism and her career. Read it here.
Coming soon: Wine Matcher
If you spend time working with fine wine lists, Wine Matcher can help you to operate more efficiently. Wine Matcher can standardise lists and add pricing data from Liv-ex at a speed of 10,000 lines per minute. This allows you to process or compare lists – and identify trading opportunities – quickly and accurately. To find out more, contact Liv-ex Head of Data, Neil Taylor.
In focus: Exchange Integration
Exchange Integration enables you to offer wine from Liv-ex directly to your customers, or showcase your stock to a global audience by offering it on the Exchange – without any manual processes. It does this by enabling your system to communicate with Liv-ex in real time. This means that stock on both systems stays in sync automatically. Find out more at Liv-ex Developers.
Liv-ex in the news
In an interview with Bloomberg, Antonio Galloni discussed Bordeaux 2016 and the fine wine market, quoting Liv-ex Indices. The FT (subscribers only) examined the drop in the Liv-ex 100 in the context of uncertainty ahead of En Primeur and the French elections, while Decanter asked whether Cos d’Estournel set the tone with fine wine pricing. It was released at the same level as its 2015.
Thank you for reading
We hope that you’ve found this edition useful. As always, you can keep up to date with developments as they happen by visiting the Liv-ex noticeboard. If you have any feedback or questions on this newsletter, please email [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 7062 8788.
