Fine wine, all “failed” in the first four months of 2019, with the exception of Italy, Liv-Ex says

In 2019 that continues in the negative ground for investments in fine wines, continues to shine the star of Italy, with Italy 100 which is the only index of the Liv-Ex to grow since the beginning of the year. The update at the end of April of the Liv-Ex indices reveals the benchmark for this peculiar sector of the wine market.

The Liv-Ex 100, the reference index of the platform, which monitors the quotations of the 100 most sought after wines (for Italy the Masseto 2014, Sassicaia 2014 and 2015, Tignanello 2015 and Barolo Monfortino Riserva 2010 by Giacomo Conterno, ed.), is down by 1.12% in the first four months of the year (all with the minus sign), while the Liv-Ex 1000 even loses 2.8%.

This was mainly due to the collapse of Burgundy 150 (which records the prices of the last 10 physical vintages of the 15 top names in Burgundy), down by -6.6%, and Bordeaux Legends 50 (50 labels of great vintages from 1982 onwards), to -4.2% in the first four months of the year. The Rest of The World 50 (-0.7%), Rhone 100 (-1.6%) and Bordeaux 500 (-1.03%) were also loss-making, and, after a positive start, Champagne 50 (-0.04%) also turned negative.

Italy 100 is the only country that can resist in the growth zone, an index composed of the most recent vintages of Sassicaia, Masseto, Solaia (Antinori), Tignanello (Antinori), Ornellaia, Barbaresco di Gaja, Barolo Monfortino Riserva and Barolo Cascina Francia di Giacomo Conterno, Guado al Tasso (Antinori) and Redigaffi di Tua Rita, which closes the first quarter of the year at +1.23%.