Italy 100 resisted the October fall. Growth up +5.08% since the beginning of 2019

The fine wines world market is winding down the year, and closing the first ten months of 2019 in decline. Liv-ex 1000, the index that monitors the trend of 1.000 wines from around the world, has felt the impact of the US duties on wine imports going into effect, marking -1.18% in October compared to the previous month, while since the beginning of the year, there has been a drop of 1.85%. Out of the swamp of wines the Trump Administration has “pardoned”, Italian wines have been confirmed, by far, top performers. Italy 100, the index made up of the most recent wine vintages of Sassicaia, Masseto, Solaia (Antinori), Tignanello (Antinori), Ornellaia, Barbaresco of Gaja, Barolo Monfortino Riserva and Barolo Cascina Francia by Giacomo Conterno, Guado al Tasso (Antinori) and Redigaffi by Tua Rita, was basically stable in October (0.07%), while since the beginning of 2019, has grown +5.08%, confirming recent performances.
There was only one sub-index in positive territory, in October, Champagne 50, which grew +1.86%, and was the second best performance, after Italy 100, in 2019, at +4.40%. Liv-Ex 100, which monitors trends in the prices of the most sought-after collector wines, lost 0.96% in the past month, (where Italy has more wines than in the past, i.e., Masseto 2014 and 2015, Ornellaia 2013 and 2015, Sassicaia 2014, 2015 and 2016, Tignanello 2015 and 2016, Solaia 2015, Barolo Monfortino Riserva 2010 by Giacomo Conterno, Barolo 2014 by Bartolo Mascarello, Barolo Villero 2013 Brovia and Sperss 2013 by Gaja), and has marked a drop of -1.18% since the beginning of the year. Burgundy 150, instead, marked a clamorous fall (2.23% in October), especially considering its long-term positive trend (+ 96.43% over the last five years), and -4.49% since the beginning of the year. Bordeaux 500 fell (- 0.67% in October and -1.45% in 2019), as well as Bordeaux Legends 50 (-2.10% in October and -3.74% from the beginning of the year), Rhone 100 (-1.40% in October and -1.85% in 2019) and the Rest of the World (-0.23% in October and -0.75% in 2019).