• August: heating up

• All-time high for Liv-ex 1000

• Lafite Rothschild 2013: Top performer

• Robert Parker on Bordeaux 1982

• Champagne—sparkling

August is typically a quiet month for the fine wine market. This year activity did not slow down: a weakened Sterling offered opportunities for Euro and Dollar-based buyers, and trade by value increased by 30% on August 2015. The Liv-ex indices continued to climb, and the bid:offer ratio closed the month at 1.76, up from 1.51 at the end of July.

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