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Wine doing fine

Things are looking up in the world of wine.

The industry’s leading benchmark, the Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine Index, rallied 5 per cent in August compared with the same period a month ago, to 225. The index has risen 10 per cent up year to date, 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…