Fine wine for collectors — Bordeaux drink windows, Burgundy releases, Champagne en primeur, and the cellar discipline that makes a serious collection.
Wine CollectingTwo monopoles, a handful of grand cru parcels, and the most expensive bottle in the world. We look at how Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, a single Vosne-Romanee estate, came to define the absolute summit of fine wine collecting.
Wine CollectingMost houses treat the blend as the entry rung and save their seriousness for vintage. Krug Champagne inverted the whole pyramid. We trace how the Grande Cuvee, reblended every year from a vast reserve library, became the most considered wine the house makes.
Wine CollectingPowerful, structured and famously slow to open, Château Latour is the first growth collectors lay down for decades. We look at the walled Enclos, the Cabernet that drives the Grand Vin, and the 2012 decision to leave en primeur.
Wine CollectingTwo benchmark traditionalists, two ways of reading Nebbiolo. We compare Giuseppe Mascarello's Monprivato against Bruno Giacosa's Falletto, and the styles that made each a cult.
Wine CollectingA warm, opulent harvest split the wine world in two. The Bordeaux establishment hesitated; a young Robert Parker did not. We revisit the 1982 vintage that aged superbly, made a critic's name and changed how the world buys Bordeaux.
Wine CollectingNo classification ranks it, yet Pétrus commands prices at or above the Médoc first growths. We look at the blue clay, the scarcity and the collector demand that keep this small Pomerol estate the most coveted name on the right bank.
Wine CollectingJacques Selosse rewrote the rules in Avize, and the grower-champagne movement followed. We read the cuvées, the lieux-dits, and the cellars built around them.
Wine CollectingBordeaux has had a quiet decade by its own standards. Our editorial read on what the 2026 market actually looks like and where serious collectors are buying.
Wine CollectingChina imported over 500 million litres of wine in 2026, yet sparkling wine accounted for less than 8% of that total. That gap is closing faster than most Italian producers…
Wine CollectingA bottle of 2016 Barolo from a top producer can cost you £80 at retail. A Burgundy of comparable critical score and ageing potential will set you back three to…
Wine CollectingMore than half of every bottle of wine consumed in Switzerland comes from abroad. That single fact reshapes how you need to think about Swiss wine import protection, because it…
Wine CollectingThe wine glass in your hand may look identical to the one you poured a decade ago, but what’s inside it is changing faster than most people realize. Wine regions…
Wine CollectingBurgundy's share of Liv-ex trading just hit its highest level on record. Our editorial read on the long shift in serious wine collector preferences.
Wine CollectingThe wine industry is in trouble. California wineries are sitting on millions of gallons of unsold inventory. Mid-tier Bordeaux and Burgundy estates are struggling to move bottles at prices they…
Wine CollectingGlobal fine wine markets run on a comfortable assumption: American consumer demand provides stable, predictable revenue. You produce premium French wine, Bordeaux, Burgundy, or Champagne, and wealthy U.S. buyers absorb…
Wine CollectingFrom the Bordeaux First Growths to Napa cult Cabernets and Coonawarra — our field guide to Cabernet Sauvignon and the producers serious cellars actually keep.
Wine CollectingBack in May 2026, China’s government issued sweeping austerity measures that included an absolute ban on alcohol at official events. That single move instantly eliminated the primary sales channel that…
Wine CollectingExtreme climate patterns are hitting Mediterranean winemakers hard. Unprecedented heat waves, rainfall that swings wildly between drought and deluge, and intensifying disease pressure are forcing producers to confront challenges their…
