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The best and cheapest wines 2011 – now in its 10th year

Sep 3rd, 2010 | By Fabian Cobb | Category: Books, News

The esteemed wine publication La Revue du Vin de France has just published ‘Les Meilleurs Vins à Petits Prix’ in a special edition to mark its 10th anniversary. The wine selections have been completely updated. Apart from the listings of some 1,500 wines available in France from 3€ to 17€ the book includes the following [...]



Bordeaux Wine Festival — France’s biggest wine event

May 22nd, 2010 | By Fabian Cobb | Category: News

Every other year, Bordeaux organizes the international wine event which is open to the public and dedicated to Bordeaux and Aquitaine wines. Bordeaux Wine Festival welcomes all wine and fine food amateurs from the 24th – 27th June 2010. This year, don’t miss: the 2 km long wine route, based in the heart of the [...]



Auction Index – brief assessment

Apr 19th, 2010 | By Fabian Cobb | Category: News

We have just updated our auction index – FWAI50. The peak for our FWAI50 was back in the last quarter of 2007. This was largely sustained with a few vicissitudes in the following spring until October, 2008. The market then declined by almost half but started to rebuild in the Spring of 2009 with only [...]



The 2009 vintage in Bordeaux | Bordeaux Faculty of Oenology

Apr 6th, 2010 | By Fabian Cobb | Category: Bordeaux 2009, News

An academic assessment of the year’s vintage may be obtained from the website of the Faculté d’œnolgie in Bordeaux written by Laurence Geny, Bernard Doneche and Denis Dubourdieu. It’s worth downloading a copy from HERE.



Bordeaux 2009

Mar 28th, 2010 | By Fabian Cobb | Category: Bordeaux 2009, News, Spring 2010

Join us for our coverage of this important vintage. We will provide full assessment of the harvest, details on the most successful wines, assessment of release prices, comparisons with previous years, a FW Quality Price Index based on the issue price, auction values of wines from relevant vintages where relevant, and a table on the [...]



VF Wine, Inc. announces purchase of Vinfolio, Inc. assets; launches new company

Mar 27th, 2010 | By Fabian Cobb | Category: News

New Vinfolio to continue as online service for Fine Wine enthusiasts and collectors.
VF Wine Inc.1 , a subsidiary of the secured creditor of the former Vinfolio, Inc2 ., announced today that it has acquired Vinfolio’s assets and is joining with employees to re-launch a new Vinfolio3 built on its strength as a leading innovator in [...]