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chateau lafite

Lafite hits the fan

As markets in general turn a deeper shade of claret…

This passed us by: August was also a poor market month for fine wines. Really quite poor given their massive run in the last year. A snapshot of the benchmark indices via Liv-ex, More…

Vive le vin de Bordeaux

Since we’re on the subject of the French savoir vivre this morning: 2008 was supposed to have been a dreadful year for claret.

So much so that a not inconsiderable number of mechants shied away from the recent 2008 Bordeaux tastings altogether. More…