Fine Wine
A market whose supply shrinks every year, priced monthly on a London exchange, three years into a drawdown. Vintages, regions, storage, and the honest long-run record.
Desk data as of 2026-11-06 · Invest Alternative radar
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Fine Wine
Built on Liv-ex Fine Wine 100monthly
- 1D
- 0.00%
- 7D
- -0.62%
- 30D
- -0.62%
- 1Y
- +2.80%
The guide
The guide
Investing in Fine Wine
A €30B market whose supply shrinks every year and whose returns have trailed equities since 1900.
Inside · 16 sections
The asset that disappears · The honest track record · The regions, one by one · How you actually get in · The IA view
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Articles & Guides
News·
Whisky cask pitch count falls 31% in a week to 164
WID cask pitches slid to 164 on Oct. 4, down 10.38% on the day and 30.8% in a week. The 30-day change stands at -35.69%, raising the question of whether…
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Whisky cask median slips to £2.84 per LPA, down 6.27% in a week
WID's whisky cask median mid price fell 5.33% on the day to £2.84 per LPA and is down 6.27% in a week. The move extends a soft patch; the key question is…
5 min read
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Whisky cask prices slip 7% on the week to £3 a litre of pure alcohol
The median whisky cask mid-price stood at £3 per litre of pure alcohol on September 16, flat on the day but down about 7% over seven days, raising the question of whether bids are resetting or pausing.
4 min read
Investing in Bordeaux
The world’s most liquid wine, whose futures system has lost buyers money on most vintages since 2016.
37 min read
Investing in Burgundy and Champagne
Burgundy and Champagne are allocation markets where access, not analysis, sets the return.
40 min read
Investing in Whisky Casks
Casks are sold by unregulated brokers at prices no public market quotes; bottles have a real auction record.
47 min read
Investing in Wine Through Platforms and Funds
Managed wine platforms charge 2–3% a year on an asset that has returned about 5% before costs.
42 min read
How Fine Wine Became an Asset Class
An asset whose supply shrinks every year, priced for 150 years inside a closed loop of merchants — and what changed when the trades finally went public.
10 min read
Recent sales and data
As of 2026-11-06
Data we track
The observations the desk collects each day, unadjusted. Change is against the prior observation, so a monthly series shows a monthly move. Each row carries the date of its last observation.
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