February 24, 2022
Highest-scoring Yquem vintages ahead of new release
Château d’Yquem is releasing its newest vintage, the 2019, towards the end of next month. This is part of a…
November 11, 2021
Growing demand for dessert wines on the secondary market
Sauternes remains the most traded dessert wine but the market for sweet wines is expanding. The number of fortified wines…
October 21, 2021
Bordeaux prices rise over 9% in the past year
Bordeaux prices have risen 9.4% in the past year, driven by demand for the First Growths which are nearing record…
October 20, 2021
LIVE Opportunities: Sauternes 2001 and 2017 offer quality and value
The 2017 and 2001 vintages from Sauternes continue of offer wines at relative value in light of recent critic scores. …
October 1, 2021
Twenty years on: Neal Martin reviews Sauternes 2001
Neal Martin reassesses the 2001 vintage from Sauternes twenty years on and awards an old favourite an uncontested 100-point score. Martin rates 25 different Sauternes 2001s, awarding them between 85-100 points. According to…
September 21, 2021
LIVE Opportunities: White Bordeaux trade doubles
The number of white Bordeaux wines trading has more than doubled in the last five years. Château d’Yquem leads the…
September 8, 2021
LIVE Opportunities: Latest Almaviva and news from Yquem
The latest vintage of Almaviva was released this morning. Yquem announced an important change to its release schedule. The autumn…
The wine is being offered for £504 (12×75) SEP It is an increase of over 20% on the 2019 release….
October 21, 2020
‘Liquid Gold’ for Christmas: Sauternes in 2020
Just in time for the festive season, the wine world welcomed two sweet releases from Sauternes. Yquem and Rieussec 2018…
September 25, 2020
Talking Trade – Sweet September releases
Several wines were released from Bordeaux this week, including Chateau Palmer 2010, which was offered for the final time from…