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Talking Trade 30th of January: Asian buying picking up; US holding strong

Bordeaux pulled further into the lead, claiming 37.5% of traded value. The 2022 vintage was the top-traded by both value and volume

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• Bordeaux pulled further into the lead of the market, claiming 37.5% of traded value. Burgundy and the US followed in second and third place.
• Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Romanee-Conti 2022, Cos d’Estournel 2005 and Screaming Eagle 2023 were the top traded wines by value.
• Asian buying picked up this week, accounting for 18.5% of traded value.

Bordeaux pulled further into the lead, claiming 37.5% of traded value. The 2022 vintage was the top-traded by both value and volume, with Second and Fifth Growths trading more actively than Firsts.

Burgundy came in second with 23.3%, down from a strong close last week at 27.3%. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Georges Roumier and Armand Rousseau were the region’s top-traded producers.

The US held strong in third place with Screaming Eagle – both the not-yet-physical 2023 and back vintages – pulling its weight. Dominus and Sine Qua Non also took significant shares of the region’s trade.

Champagne’s share fell slightly to 9.6%. The recently released Dom Perignon P2 2008 held its position as the region’s top traded wine, though it fell short of the overall top five. It is trading consistently around £3,500 per 12×75, double the price of the regular 2008.

Tuscany and Piedmont remained consistent, but relatively subdued, together accounting for 10.4% of traded value. Tignanello pulled ahead of Sassicaia as the country’s top traded wine.

The Rhone’s share of trade rose from 1.5% to 2.5% this week, thanks largely to US buyers, who accounted for over 60% of the region’s trade.

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Liv-ex Integrates Jancis Robinson Critic Scores via New API 

The JancisRobinson.com API enables Liv‑ex members to automatically pull critics’ scores, tasting notes, reviewer names, review dates, and drinking windows for more than 195,000 wines…

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What the API Does 

The JancisRobinson.com API enables Liv‑ex members to automatically pull critics’ scores, tasting notes, reviewer names, review dates, and drinking windows for more than 195,000 wines directly into their internal systems. 

This empowers businesses to: 

• Display relevant JancisRobinson.com scores alongside wines on their website 

• Enhance buying decisions with richer critic and review data 

• Analyse drinking windows to support cellar planning and inventory management 

• Keep information accurate, consistent, and always up to date — without manual input 

The integration is designed to streamline how wine businesses access and manage critic data, reducing workload while improving data quality. 

How It Works

The API uses LWIN matching, the universal wine identification number, to seamlessly match each review to the correct wine in your database. 

LWIN assigns a unique code to wines, similar to ISBN used in books, to codify wine naming across systems and databases. LWIN eliminates ambiguity in wine naming, ensuring consistent matching even when abbreviations or local naming conventions vary. 

With JancisRobinson.com data connected to Liv‑ex’s market data in a single environment, members can assess quality, value, demand, pricing, and drinking potential more confidently, all in one place. 

Part of the Liv-ex Automation Suite

This launch expands the set of critic integrations already available to Liv‑ex members, including Vinous, Jane Anson and The Wine Independent. 

It also forms part of an increasingly powerful suite of automation tools designed to help wine businesses modernise operations, reduce manual work, and scale more efficiently. 

Beyond critic data, members can automate: 

• Trading 
• Display live Liv‑ex offers on your e‑commerce site without holding stock
• Automatically list your own wines on the Exchange 
• Increase visibility, boost sales, and trade around the clock 
• Pricing data 
• Bring global pricing data directly into your systems 
• Access market value, recent trades, and regional price comparisons 
• Make faster, more informed pricing and purchasing decisions 
• Product data 

• Enrich your website and internal records with standardised, accurate product information 
• Keep your catalogues consistent and clean, without manual updates 

Ready to Reduce Manual Work? 

Learn more about our automation offering, and how it can streamline your business, or fill out the form below to speak with our Business Development team. 

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Talking Trade 23rd of January: California claims 14% of trade, led by Screaming Eagle 

The US had its strongest week in recent memory, accounting for 14.1% of trade. While Screaming Eagle led, Harlan, Opus One and Montelena all saw significant demand. 

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• Bordeaux took back its lead of the market, led by 2021 Bordeaux. Burgundy and the US followed in second and third place. 
• Screaming Eagle 2023, Figeac 2021 and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Echezeaux 2022 were the top-traded wines of the week by value. 
• Despite ongoing tariff threats, US buying remained consistent at 20%. 

Bordeaux led the market with a 31.2% share of traded value. The 2021s, now generally trading well below their ex-chateau release prices, took centre stage. The 2016s and 2019s followed.  

Following a strong close last week, Burgundy fell back into second place behind Bordeaux with a 27.2% share of the market. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti was the top-traded producer by far, accounting for over 10% of trade overall. Echezeaux and assortment cases changed hands most frequently. 

The US had its strongest week in recent memory, accounting for 14.1% of trade. While Screaming Eagle led, Harlan, Opus One and Montelena all saw significant demand. Though US buyers took a larger share of purchased value, Asian buyers bought more frequently than any other region.  

Champagne followed in third with a 10.1% share.  While the Grand Marques generally claim most of the region’s trade, Jacques Selosse came out on top this week with Millesime 2013 and Initial NV leading the producer to a 23% share.  

Tuscany reclaimed some of its ground after a weak close last week. San Guido was by far the top-traded producer, the 2020 and 2022 vintages of Sassicaia in the top positions by value.  

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Talking Trade 16th of January: Burgundy leads the market as UK trade hosts 2024 vintage tastings

Burgundy claimed 37.1% of traded value. Bordeaux followed in second place with 30.1%.

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• Burgundy claimed 37.1% of traded value. Bordeaux followed in second place with 30.1%.
• For the second week running, Haut Brion 1989 was the top-traded wine of the week by value. Roulot’s 2023 Meursault and DRC, La Tache 2022 came in second and third.
• UK buyers pulled ahead, claiming 43% of traded value.

With tastings of the 2024 vintage taking place in London this week, Burgundy led the market, accounting for 37.1% of traded value, over 70% of which was purchased by UK buyers. The 2022s were the top-traded by value, though the 2023s traded most frequently.

Bordeaux followed in second place. With the 1989 vintage again in the top spot, Haut-Brion was the region’s top-traded wine overall. Petrus followed, a single bottle of the 1966 changing hands alongside several recent vintages.

Champagne’s share fell from 12.2% to 8.9%. Higher value, rarer wines led the region, with Salon and Dom Perignon P2 amongst the top traded wines by value.

The Rhone had a decent week, holding a 5.1% share. Jean Louis Chave was the region’s top-traded producer by value, with the Hermitage Rouge and Blanc and Ermitage Cathelin all trading.

Italy pulled back this week, both Tuscany and Piedmont seeing their shares decline. Giacomo Conterno and Biondi-Santi were the region’s top traded producers, rising ahead of the Super Tuscans who typically claim the top spots.

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Talking Trade 9th January: Haut-Brion 1989 claims 1st place; US share of buying climbs to 30%

Bordeaux led the market this week, while Burgundy claimed the top spot over the festive period.

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• Bordeaux led the market this week, while Burgundy claimed the top spot over the festive period.
• Haut-Brion 1989, Unico 2015 and Petrus 2021 were the top-traded wines of the week by value.
• US buying has held steady at 30% over the past three weeks, though trade levels (as expected) have dipped overall.

Bordeaux led the market this week with a 29.8% share of traded value. The 2019 and 2021 vintages were the top-traded by value.

Burgundy followed with an 18.4% share, down on its strong performance over the Christmas period. Clos de Tart 2016 was the top-traded wine by value, coming in fifth place overall.

Champagne came in third place, claiming 12.2% of traded value. While the 2015 vintage was the top-traded by value, 2008s changed hands most frequently. Dom Perignon dominated, though Louis Roederer and Krug also took substantial shares.

The Rhone took a 4.7% share, up from December’s 3.4%. While Rayas has been leading the Rhone 100’s recent upward price movement, E. Guigal was the top-traded producer this week, accounting for a third of its trade.

Both Tuscany and Piedmont had strong weeks, though the former dominated with a 10.9% share of overall trade value, San Guido and Masseto claiming the top positions.

US wines performed relatively well, claiming a 6.4% market share. UK buyers led, taking over half of traded value.

Thanks to Vega Sicilia, making up 60% of trade, Spain’s share rose to 5.5%. Alongside trades of recent vintage Unico, Valbuena and Alion, a magnum of 1962 Unico – still within its drinking window — also changed hands.

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Talking Trade 12th December: Bordeaux continues to dominate, Cos d’Estournel 21 in the lead

Bordeaux took a strong lead of the market with 42.3% share of the market, up from 37.1% last week. 2019s, 2021s and 2020s proved the…

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• Bordeaux led the market with a 42.3% share of traded value. Burgundy followed with 21.5%.
• Cos d’Estournel 2021, Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2020 and Le Pin 2015 were the top-traded wines by value.
• Asian buyers pulled ahead of US buyers with a 19.7% and 14.5% share of purchasing respectively.

Bordeaux took a strong lead of the market with 42.3% share of the market, up from 37.1% last week. 2019s, 2021s and 2020s proved the top-traded vintages by value. Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Cos d’Estournel and Le Pin were the region’s top-traded producers.

Burgundy’s share of trade also rose, up from 16.8% last week to 21.5% this week, the 2022 and 2019 vintages changing hands most frequently.

Champagne’s share fell to 9.2%. Cristal and Dom Perignon dominated, together accounting for c.30% of the region’s trade.

Tuscany and Piedmont both increased their share of the market slightly, the latter region taking the edge over the former (7.4% vs. 7.5%). Giacomo Conterno and San Guido were Italy’s top-traded producers by value.

Following a strong close last week, the US’s share of trade fell substantially to 3.8%. Opus One continued to trade actively, accounting for 30% of the region’s trade, purchasing driven largely by US buyers.

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Talking Trade 5th December: Petrus the top-traded producer as Champagne trade picks up

Bordeaux continued to take a higher share of trade value this week (38.9%). Château Mouton Rothschild was the region’s top-traded producer

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• European buyers accounted for 43.4% of trade
• Increased Opus One trade helps US wine to its largest share of trade in recent months

4,354.0 per bottle). 

Breakdown of regional trade

Champagne and the USA both had stronger weeks. Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs sold in good volume across the 2014 and 2013 vintages. While Champagne trade beyond that was relatively muted, the region took a 12.8% share of trade value, up from 7.8% last week and just above the November average (11.4%).

Opus One was the USA’s top-traded producer, with the 2021 vintage trading in decent volume at £2,740 / $3,664, equivalent to € 261.4 per bottle. The USA took an 11.8% share of trade value, compared to 2.1% last week and a November average of 5.9%.

Bordeaux took a 37.1% share. Petrus was the region’s top-traded producer, with the 2009 and 2015 among the week’s overall top-traded wines.

Breakdown of buyer geography

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Talking Trade 28th November: Bordeaux maintains a healthy advantage with Mouton Rothschild the top-traded producer

Bordeaux continued to take a higher share of trade value this week (38.9%). Château Mouton Rothschild was the region’s top-traded producer

• Market Intelligence

• Bordeaux continues to stretch ahead, taking 38.9% of trade value 
• Bouchard La Romanée 2001 was the top-traded wine by value 
• With Liv-ex indices due to be published next week, the Fine Wine 50 is currently up 2.0% month-on-month

Bordeaux continued to take a higher share of trade value this week (38.9%). Château Mouton Rothschild was the region’s top-traded producer, while Petrus 2022 was the region’s top traded wine, last changing hands at £45,912 / $60,516 per 12×75 (€4,354.0 per bottle). 

Burgundy’s share of trade ticked back up (19.2%), with US buyers focusing their attention on the region. 27.5% of US purchases were for Burgundy (the highest of any wine region), with high value d’Auvenay trades coming from US buyers. 

With the news of Château Rayas’ Emmanuel Reynaud passing this week, the Rhône took its largest share of trade value in recent memory (8.0%), in the process leapfrogging Champagne which had a quiet week. Multiple vintages of Rayas and Fonsalette traded, accounting for 75% of all Rhône trade.

Breakdown of buyer geography

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Talking Trade 21st of November: Bordeaux dominates with Petrus top-traded overall

Bordeaux led the market, claiming 42% of traded value and comprising four of the week’s top five wines.

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• Bordeaux led the market, claiming 42% of traded value and comprising four of the week’s top five wines.
• Dom Perignon Rose 2009 was the top-traded wine by value, while Giscours 2022 (Wine Spectator’s new ‘Wine of the Year’) was the top-traded by volume.  

 Bordeaux retained its higher share of the market, taking 41.5% of traded value. The 2022s led the charge, with Giscours in the top position. Petrus saw substantial trade across vintages, coming in as the top-traded wine overall. While buyers hailed from the UK, Asia and Europe, the former two regions accounted for the bulk of purchasing.  Burgundy’s share of trade fell from 17.7% last week to 13.8% this week.

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti was the top traded producer, accounting for almost a third of the region’s traded value. Though Dom Perignon Rose 2009 was the top-traded wine of the week by value, Champagne’s share of trade remained well below its October average (11.9% vs. 14.6%). Still, this marks an improvement on last week’s 10.8% share. Alongside Dom Perignon, Louis Roederer and Jacques Selosse also took substantial (10%+) shares of the region’s trade.  

The Rhone’s standing continued to improve, up from 2.3% last week to 3.3% this week. Rayas accounted for 40% of traded value, with demand driven by UK buyers.  

Tuscany again fell short of its October share of 11.8%, accounting for 9.6% of traded value this week. San Guido and Masseto remained strong, each taking just under a quarter of the region’s trade.  

Piedmont took 5.1% of trade, down from a strong close at 8.9% last week. While Giacomo Conterno’s Monfortino Riserva 2019 fell out of the overall top five, it remained by far the region’s top traded wine by value. By volume, Produttori del Barbaresco’s 2021 Barbaresco came in first place. The US’s share of trade rose from 5.3% last week to 7.7% this week. Promontory and Harlan Estate led the charge, together accounting for 40% of Californian trade.   

Breakdown of buyer geography