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What Happened In Fine Wine This Week: Burgundy and Bordeaux go head-to-head supported by strong demand for First Growths
Chateau Margaux 2015, Domaine Leroy, Vosne-Romanee, Aux Genaivrieres 2017 and Carruades de Lafite 2022 were the top traded wines by value.
After a quieter week, activity on the fine wine exchange picked up, with all major buying geographies increasing their participation. Exchange data shows that Chateau Margaux 2015, Domaine Leroy Vosne‑Romanée Aux Genaivrières 2017 and Carruades de Lafite 2022 were among the top traded wines by value, with Bordeaux and Burgundy each accounting for around a third of total traded value.
Bordeaux holds a narrow lead
Bordeaux edged ahead with a 32.0% share of traded value, supported by strong demand for First Growths. Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lafite dominated activity, together accounting for over a third of the region’s trade. Haut-Brion and Mouton Rothschild also contributed meaningfully, although at lower volumes.
At a wine level, Chateau Margaux 2015 stood out as one of the most actively traded labels.
Burgundy keeps pace as top producers gain ground
Burgundy followed closely with a 31.5% share, with 2023 vintages leading both value and volume. Trading was concentrated among a small group of highly sought-after producers, including Domaine Leroy, Coche-Dury and Jean-Claude Ramonet, which moved ahead of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in terms of activity this week.
Champagne gains momentum
Champagne saw a notable increase in share, rising from 9.5% to 11.3% week-on-week. Dom Perignon accounted for a significant proportion of this activity, with its P2 2008 emerging as the top-traded wine by value. Prices around £4,200 per case indicate continued demand for prestige cuvées.
Italy and the US take a step back
In contrast, Italian regions lost ground. Tuscany’s share fell sharply, while Piedmont also declined, suggesting a shift in buyer attention rather than a drop in liquidity. That said, key brands such as Tignanello and Sassicaia remained active, accounting for around a third of Italian trade.
US wines held steady at 5.7% of the market. Screaming Eagle led the region by value, with its 2021 Sauvignon Blanc among the most traded wines overall.
UK buyers return to the market
One of the more notable shifts this week was the resurgence of UK buyers, alongside increased participation from other key geographies. After a subdued period, this broad-based uptick suggests improving confidence and renewed engagement across the fine wine market.
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What Happened In Fine Wine This Week: Lafite drives Bordeaux trade
Lafite and Carruades account for 10% of weekly trade as Bordeaux strengthens share.
Lafite Rothschild and its second wine, Carruades de Lafite, together accounted for around 10% of total traded value this week, highlighting continued demand for the First Growth and its wider range.
Overall trading volumes were lower week-on-week, with UK participation seeing the most notable decline. Despite this, Bordeaux increased its share of traded value, rising from 33.2% last week to 35.6%.
Within the region, Lafite featured prominently among the most actively traded wines by value, while Petrus ranked second in terms of Bordeaux trade. Activity was also influenced by the release of several 2025 vintages, although UK buyers were relatively subdued, accounting for 15.5% of Bordeaux trade during the period.
Burgundy held its position as the second most traded region, though its share fell from 25.6% to 20.2%. Trading focused on the 2023 vintage, with wines from producers including Joseph Faiveley, Sylvain Cathiard and Claude Dugat seeing consistent volumes.
Champagne’s share increased slightly to 9.3%, although it remains below levels seen in May. Jacques Selosse 2008 was the region’s top-traded wine by value, with transactions reported at £22,800 per 12×75 case.
Tuscany recorded one of the more notable increases in share, rising from 8.6% to 13.5%. Sassicaia was the leading wine by value both within the region and across the wider market, accounting for a significant proportion of Tuscan trade.
Piedmont remained broadly stable, representing 4.4% of total traded value. Activity was concentrated among established producers including Giacomo Conterno, Produttori del Barbaresco and Gaja, which together made up around half of the region’s trade.
A concentrated week for top names
While overall activity declined, trading continued to focus on a relatively small number of regions and producers. Bordeaux’s increased share, supported by strong demand for Lafite and Carruades, was a key theme, alongside steady interest in Burgundy 2023s and continued liquidity for leading Italian wines.
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What Happened In Fine Wine This Week: Trade levels up after Vinexpo, focus on high value Burgundy and Bordeaux
UK buyers almost doubled their purchasing, efforts focused largely on high value Burgundy. Read ‘What Happened In Fine Wine This Week’.
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- Bordeaux led the market, claiming a third of traded value.
- Lafite 2020, Domaine d’Auvenay 2009 and Sassicaia 2023 were the top-traded wines by value. Three vintages of Vieux Telegraphe La Crau featured amongst the top five by volume.
- UK buyers almost doubled their purchasing, efforts focused largely on high value Burgundy.
Bordeaux led the market with a 33.3% share of traded value. The 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages – which have frequently stood out as value picks relative to new releases — traded most frequently. Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Petrus and Chateau Mouton Rothschild dominated, together accounting for 40% of the region’s traded value.
Burgundy followed in second place, its share rising from 22.1% last week to 25.6% this week. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Domaine d’Auveny led, the former’s 2009 Richebourg and latter’s Bonnes Mares 2009 featuring amongst the top five wines overall.
Champagne’s share fell from 11.6% last week to 8.9% this week. US buyers accounted for 50% of the region’s traded value, focusing their efforts on Dom Perignon, Salon and Comtes de Champagne.
Tuscany’s share fell from 13.2% to 8.6%. Super Tuscans dominated, Sassicaia, Ornellaia and Soldera accounting for over 60% of the region’s trade.
The Rhone had a strong week, claiming 6.8% of traded value. Vieux Telegraphe led, with three vintages of La Crau featuring amongst the top traded wines by volume.
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White Wine Demand Surges: What Liv-ex Data Reveals About an Evolving Fine Wine Market
A significant shift in fine wine demand is underway, with sparkling wine trade rising by 1,100% since 2010 and red wine activity falling 15% since…
New data from Liv-ex, the exchange for fine wine, data and insight, shows a sustained surge in demand for white and sparkling wines, even as red wine
trade continues to lag.
Since 2010, the value of white wine traded on Liv-ex has increased by 650%, while sparkling wine trade has risen by 1,100% over the same period. While sparkling wines experienced a sharp boom (and subsequent bust) during the Covid-era bull market, recent data suggests that white wines, having experienced a less dramatic peak, have sustained high demand through the subsequent market downturn.
By contrast, red wine trade has remained relatively flat. In 2025, the total value of red wine traded on Liv-ex was 15.0% lower than in 2010,
underlining a structural shift in buying behaviour rather than a short-term anomaly.
A structural shift, not a seasonal trend
While red wine has traditionally dominated the secondary market, Liv-ex data indicates that buyers are increasingly diversifying where they choose to allocated their capital.
Any coverage referencing this information must attribute and link to Liv-ex White wine, in particular, has demonstrated resilience during recent periods of market uncertainty, maintaining more stable levels of trade value compared to both red and sparkling wines
Which white wines are driving growth?
The most significant growth in white wine trade has been seen in Burgundy, now firmly established as the leading white wine region on Liv-ex. This
growth has been driven by two complementary dynamics: increased trading volumes of lower-priced Burgundy whites and relative price stability at the top end of the market.
Since 2011, the value of Bordeaux white wine traded on Liv-ex has declined by 17.6%, allowing Burgundy to overtake Bordeaux as the dominant white wine category by value.
This shift reflects changing buyer preferences as well as the increasing importance of data-led decision making in the fine wine market. As White Burgundy’s prices and liquidity have surged, buyers have moved away from Bordeaux.
Data-driven insight for a changing market
As the fine wine market adjusts to a more selective buying environment, access to accurate, timely and unbiased data is becoming increasingly critical. Liv-ex analysis highlights how demand patterns are evolving across categories and regions, providing the trade with objective insight into where activity and value are sustained over time.
About Liv-ex
Liv-ex is the exchange for fine wine, market data and insight. They offer a membership that brings wine professionals independent market data and insights, and the ability to price, buy and sell wines through one point of contact.
Liv-ex offers automation services that enable fine wine businesses to streamline buying and selling, and gain operational efficiencies, including the ability to bring critics scores directly into their own systems.
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This week in wine: Opus One leads as US buying share rises to 30%
Two vintages of Opus One featured amongst the top wines by traded value. Both the 2019 & 2013 have seen their trade prices rise in…
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- Bordeaux narrowly maintained its lead of the market; Tuscany moved ahead of Champagne into third place.
- Two vintages of Opus One featured amongst the top wines by traded value. Both the 2019 and 2013 have seen their trade prices rise in recent months, increasingly frequent trade backing their new found upward trends.
- US and EU buyers both upped their purchasing by c.10% while, with Vinexpo taking place in Hong Kong this week, UK and Asian buyers took a backseat.
Though its share of traded value fell to 26.7%, Bordeaux continued to lead the market. Pauillac and Pomerol led, with Le Pin and Mouton Rothschild the top-traded wines by value.
Burgundy followed in second place, taking a 22.1% share of traded value. Though Domaine Louis Latour’s Corton-Charlemagne 2023 was the top-traded wine overall, Domaine de la Romanee-Conti prevailed as the top producer, accounting for c.20%. of the region’s traded value.
Tuscany overtook Champagne to claim third place with a 13.2% share of traded value. Brunello di Montalcino has traded actively in May, but yielded this week to the Super Tuscans, Tignanello, Soldera Case Basse and Sassicaia the top-traded wines.
Champagne’s share fell to 11.1%, though the likes of Dom Perignon and Krug continued to trade actively.
The US had a strong week, taking a 10.7% share of traded value. Opus One and Screaming Eagle led, together accounting for 60% of the region’s traded value. European members took the lion’s share, with buyers in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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Liv‑ex publie son Livre Bordeaux En Primeur qui é les conditions de marché à l’approche des sorties 2025
Ce rapport analyse le contexte du marché des Primeurs à l’approche de la campagne.
Liv‑ex publie son Livre Bordeaux En Primeur qui é les conditions de marché à l’approche des sorties 2025
Londres, avril 2026 – Liv‑ex, la bourse mondiale des vins fins et des données de marché, publie la nouvelle édition de son Livre Bordeaux En Primeur. Ce rapport analyse le contexte du marché des Primeurs à l’approche de la campagne. S’appuyant sur vingt‑six ans de données de prix et de transactions, l’analyse examine l’impact des prix post‑sortie passés, les premiers signes de stabilisation sur le marché secondaire, ainsi que les risques liés à la fixation des prix auxquels les châteaux sont confrontés avant les mises en marché.
Sophia Gilmour, analyste de marché, apporte son expertise:
”Il y aura la tentation d’agir trop tôt, en augmentant les prix avant que le marché ne soit prêt à les absorber. Les rapports officiels sur le millésime 2025, notamment sur la saison de croissance et les rendements, n’ont pas encore été publiés, mais nous savons avec certitude que les volumes sont en baisse en raison du stress hydrique. Cela placera les châteaux dans une position délicate. Non seulement ils seront tentés d’augmenter les prix en s’appuyant sur des notes qui seront probablement élevées, mais leur coût unitaire aura également été important.”
Bordeaux représente 40 % du marché secondaire en volume.
Bordeaux est la région la plus importante sur le marché secondaire, représentant 35 % de la valeur échangée et surperformant systématiquement les autres régions. Au début des années 2000, une part de 80 % de la valeur hebdomadaire échangée était courante. Aujourd’hui, Bordeaux fait la une lorsque sa part hebdomadaire atteint environ 40 %.
Les achats américains de Bordeaux progressent lentement
Au cours des six derniers mois, les achats de Bordeaux par les acheteurs américains ont légèrement augmenté, ces derniers recentrant leurs dépenses sur la région. Néanmoins, les niveaux d’achat de Bordeaux, toutes régions confondues, restent inférieurs à ceux enregistrés en mars 2025.
Le Bordeaux 500 sort de sa zone de survente
Une phase de consolidation a suivi pour Bordeaux, avec une évolution des prix modérée contribuant à renforcer la confiance du marché. À mesure que le Bordeaux 500 sort de sa zone de survente technique, la stabilité des prix devrait l’emporter sur des hausses rapides.
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Bordeaux 2016: dix ans plus tard, des signes de stabilité et d’opportunités d’achat émergent
iv-ex, la place de marché mondiale de référence pour les grands vins, les données de marché et l’analyse, publie une nouvelle étude à la suite…
Bordeaux 2016: dix ans plus tard, des signes de stabilité et d’opportunités d’achat émergent
Février 2026, Londres – Liv-ex, la place de marché mondiale de référence pour les grands vins, les données de marché et l’analyse, publie une nouvelle étude à la suite des récentes dégustations des Bordeaux 2016. Cette analyse met en lumière la trajectoire du millésime sur le marché mondial des grands vins au cours des dix dernières années, et révèle où les opportunités de valeur commencent à se manifester à nouveau aujourd’hui. Les données Liv ex montrent que sept des dix vins de 2016 les mieux notés par Neal Martin ont enregistré des hausses de prix au cours des six derniers mois.
Sept des dix meilleurs 2016 selon Neal Martin enregistrent des hausses
Même les vins ayant connu des baisses plus marquées au début de l’année 2025, comme Vieux Château Certan et La Mission Haut Brion Rouge, semblent avoir stoppé leur glissement et commencé à se redresser.
Cheval Blanc et Haut-Brion 2016 apparaissent comme des options à moindre risque
Les prix intermédiaires actuels (le point médian entre la meilleure offre d’achat et la meilleure offre de vente sur Liv ex) montrent que 14 des 45 Bordeaux rouges du Bordeaux 500 2016 se situent en dessous de leur prix de sortie ex négociant (prix auquel le vin a été vendu par le négociant), e t 6 sont inférieurs à leurs prix ex château (prix de sortie initial après la campagne de primeur).
Tom Burchfield, Directeur de l’Analyse de Marché, apporte son expertise
”Deux 2016 à surveiller sont Cheval Blanc et Haut Brion. Ils semblent s’être stabilisés et pourraient représenter une option moins risquée.”
À propos de Liv-ex
Liv-ex est la plateforme d’échange pour le vin fin, les données de marché et les analyses. Ils proposent une adhésion qui fournit aux professionnels du vin des données et des analyses de marché indépendantes, ainsi que la possibilité de coter, acheter et vendre des vins via un point de contact unique.
Liv-ex propose des services d’automatisation permettant aux entreprises du secteur des grands vins de simplifier leurs achats et leurs ventes, et de gagner en efficacité opérationnelle, notamment grâce à l’intégration directe des notes des critiques dans leurs propres systèmes.
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This week in wine: UK buyers up purchasing by 50% week-on-week
UK buyers upped their purchasing by 50% compared to last week. They focused largely on high value Burgundy, alongside mature Bordeaux
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- Bordeaux’s share of the market fell, though the region maintained its lead.
- DRC, Romanee-Conti 2012, Dom Perignon 2002 and Tignanello 2023 were the top-traded wines by value.
- UK buyers upped their purchasing by 50% compared to last week.
Bordeaux’s share of traded value fell from 38.4% last week to 26.7% this week, though the region maintained its lead of the market. Mouton, Petrus and Lafite were the top-traded wines, each claiming 10-15% of Bordeaux’s trade.
Burgundy followed in second place with a 23.5% share. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti led, with Romanee-Conti and La Tache the top-traded wines by value.
Following a weak close last week, Champagne claimed a 13.2% share of traded value. 2002s traded actively, accounting for a third of the region’s traded value.
Tuscany’s share rose from 8.7% last week to 12.3% this week, Brunello di Montalcino maintaining its lead amongst sub-regions thanks to Conti Costanti, Fuligni, Valdicava and others. Tignanello and Sassicaia, however, were Tuscany’s top-traded wines overall.
The US’s share fell from 11.4% last week to 6.0% this week. Screaming Eagle and Scarecrow were the region’s top-traded producers, together accounting for half of California’s traded value.
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Liv-ex Launches new Robert Parker Wine Advocate API Just in Time for En Primeur
Liv‑ex has launched a new API that enables its members to automatically integrate critics’ scores and tasting notes from JancisRobinson.com directly into their internal systems.
Liv-ex has launched a new API that enables its members to automatically integrate Robert Parker Wine Advocate critic scores, tasting notes and drinking windows directly into their internal systems, providing fine wine businesses with up-to-date critic scores and tasting notes alongside independent price and liquidity data. The new API is designed to remove the manual effort traditionally required to maintain
critic scores across databases, platforms, websites and ERP systems. A process that can also lead to human error and costly mistakes. By automating the delivery of Robert Parker scores fine wine businesses ensure their data remains current, accurate and aligned with live critic sentiment.
A Single, Integrated View of the Market
Critic scores remain a vital tool for fine wine valuation, investment decision making and inventory management, whilst also influencing buyer behaviour, demand and global pricing expectations. By integrating Robert Parker scores through the Liv-ex API, businesses can make fully informed pricing, buying and selling decisions by viewing quality indicators alongside genuine transaction prices, market liquidity, and historic price performance. The integration uses the Liv-ex LWIN identifier to accurately match critic scores to the correct wine, format and vintage. This ensures consistency across systems and removes ambiguity caused by naming variations, enabling greater confidence in pricing, trading and client communication.
Anthony Maxwell, Chief Commercial Officer at Liv-ex, said:
“Fine wine businesses increasingly rely on automation and high-quality data to operate at scale. Integrating Robert Parker Wine Advocate scores directly into member systems is about much more than access, it enables businesses to combine trusted critic scores with live market data in a single, reliable view – supporting faster, more confident pricing and trading decisions.”
Supporting Efficiency, Growth and Professionalisation
For merchants, brokers, traders and investment businesses, the Robert Parker API delivers practical, operational benefits. Automated critic score updates reduces manual data maintenance and improves data quality. With critic scores flowing directly into pricing tools, trading systems and customer-facing platforms, businesses can react faster to market developments, support more informed buying and selling decisions, and consult their own clients with the most accurate, up to date and trusted data.
According to the Robert Parker Wine Advocate team:
“Robert Parker Wine Advocate has been committed for more than four decades to providing the global wine market with independent, rigorous and authoritative reviews. This partnership with Liv-ex enables our scores and tasting notes to be seamlessly integrated into the systems used every day by fine wine professionals. By combining our evaluations with real-time market data, this API ensures our analysis
can be used faster, more accurately and with impact supporting better-informed commercial and investment decisions”
Strengthening the Liv-ex Automation Offering
Liv-ex already provides fine wine businesses with access to live and historic transaction prices, liquidity indicators and market intelligence across the secondary market. The launch of the Robert Parker API further reinforces Liv-ex’s role as the central data
infrastructure for fine wine, where pricing, market sentiment and critics review go hand in hand. The Robert Parker Wine Advocate API is available to Liv-ex members.
About Liv-ex
Liv-ex is the exchange for fine wine, market data and insight. They offer a membership that brings wine professionals independent market data and insights, and the ability to price, buy and sell wines through one point of contact.
Liv-ex offers automation services that enable fine wine businesses to streamline buying and selling, and gain operational efficiencies, including the ability to bring critics scores directly into their own systems.
About Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Robert Parker Wine Advocate is one of the world’s most influential sources of independent wine reviews. Founded by Robert M. Parker Jr., the publication provides authoritative scores, tasting notes and regional reports from a global team of critics, shaping fine wine markets and buyer behaviour for over four decades