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Liv-ex provides truly independent transactional data and full access to the global marketplace supported by a highly experienced settlement, logistics and storage team. All designed to make life simple for the wine investment specialist.

Truly independent

Liv-ex isn’t a wine merchant. We are the independent operator of the largest wholesale marketplace in the world where over 620 wine businesses trade efficiently and anonymously. Their activity creates the deepest pool of transactional pricing data available. This data informs the global market price for fine wine

Get accurate valuations

Access to our database provides you with over 875m current and historic price points for over 300,000 wines. The Liv-ex Mid Price is used to create our indices and to accurately value the world’s leading funds. It’s uniquely validated using actual transaction prices and is quoted by Bloomberg and Reuters as the industry standard. 

Buy and sell easily on the global market

Access over £60m of buying and £70m of live selling opportunities on the  world’s largest marketplace for fine wine.  

Your dedicated Account Manager will help you spot investment and liquidation opportunities.  

View and use benchmark indices

The Liv-ex indices track the prices of the most traded fine wines on the market. The industry benchmark Liv-ex 100 represents the most traded wines on the market. 

Members use our analysis tools to spot opportunities by plotting the price performance of individual wines against Liv-ex indices and other financial markets. 

The smartest way to price, buy and sell wine

Read market-leading insights

Access exclusive monthly and regional reports on the movements and trends in the fine wine market.  

You’ll also receive our daily Market Update emails; analysis that highlights interesting investment opportunities on the marketplace. 

 

Storage and logistics made simple

Fine wine needs to be moved and stored carefully to protect its valueLiv-ex runs a global, refrigerated logistics network and safe, secure, climate-controlled in-bond storage facilitiesWine held with Liv-ex can easily be resold on the global market 

Automate processes easily

With Liv-ex APIs, you can choose to bring fine wine price data into your systems and tools, or onto your website. 

You can also use them to trade automatically – or enable your investors to buy and sell on Liv-ex via your website. Logistics and payment can be automated, too. 

The smartest way to price, buy and sell wine

Liv-ex Prices

Liv-ex provides a range of accurate price points for wine, including the Market Price (listed price), Mid Price, Bid/offer prices and historic transaction prices. 

Case study – Wine investment services

A Europe-based wine merchant explains how it makes the most of Liv-ex’s end-to-end services to offer wine investment opportunities to its clients.

LWIN

LWIN provides universal codes for wine and spirits – a bit like ISBN for books  so that data can be handled easily. The database, which contains detailed geographic, colour and classification information, is free to download. 

Special Report – Introduction to fine wine investment

In this useful guide, we explain the background to fine wine investment and the current state of play. It’s free to download.

TRUSTED BY WINE PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL

TRUSTED BY WINE PROFESSIONALS WORLDWIDE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL

Liv-ex Masterclass: Navigating the fine wine supply chain 

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In July 2024, Dane Sunderland, Head of Global Operations at Liv-ex, hosted a masterclass discussing the current challenges facing the…

How one of the leading US retailers uses Liv-ex automation to source more wine, more efficiently

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Established in Napa Valley, California in 2002, today Benchmark Wine Group (BWG) is one of the leading buyers of fine…