Category: Wine Blog

 Strange times for Chateau Lafite Statistics seem to show that a sharp decline in the price of Lafite has influenced the small dip in the market.  China’s favourite first growth...

Investment markets are seldom uneventful and the fine wine market, although relatively reliable, is no exception.  Last week saw a small dip in the market, with Liv-ex reporting that its...

Look at a bottle of wine, and odds are that the label says it’s Chateau something-or-other. And most people would have you believe that’s because the vineyard that produced the...

The influence of Chinese art and design goes way back in Europe. Chinoiserie, as it’s termed, describes Chinese-influenced arts and crafts, such as the ceramics made by Meissen and other...

  When we first started to see the well-presented, stylish stelvin closure on New Zealand wines a decade ago, there was much debate as to whether the closure was good...