Anniversary and birth year wine: buying a bottle from a year you cannot change
Most wine buying starts with the wine and arrives at the vintage near the end. A bottle bought to mark a date wo...
12 Oct
09 Oct
They are making less of it
The old advice about land is to buy it, because they are not making any more, but of course nobody has ever said...
22 Sep
Firmer at the top, if it’s old enough
If you have read anything about wine this year you will have read that the industry is in a bad way, that consum...
20 Jul
Bordeaux 2025 En Primeur: a more rational campaign, and why we’re still not buying
The Bordeaux 2025 En Primeur campaign, the annual sale of the new vintage as futures, paid for now and delivered in bottle around 2028,...
15 May
After the correction: where the fine wine market sits in 2026
After three years of falling prices, the fine wine secondary market has stabilised in 2026. A UK trader’s read on what corrected, what didn’t, and where the buying actually is.
28 Apr
In Bond vs Duty Paid: what fine wine buyers need to know
What does In Bond mean? When should you buy Duty Paid? A clear UK buyer’s guide to fine wine duty, VAT and storage from Morgan Classic Wines.
28 Apr
How to sell a private wine cellar in the UK
Selling a private wine cellar? A clear UK guide to the four routes, what each one costs, and how to get the best price. From a Sussex fine wine trader since 1999.