Simon Staples

Bordeaux 2012 Futures: Grab Pomerols, Mouton, Forget Rest

Buying Bordeaux 2012 futures was always going to be a question of prices. Now that the majority of chateau owners have released theirs, it’s apparent they’re tone deaf to today’s market. Most prices are down less than 10 percent, nowhere near low enough.

Bordeaux 2012 Winners Leave My Teeth Purple, Tongue Black

His ponytail tucked into a tight knot, Baptiste Guinaudeau dodges raindrops and ducks into the tiny cellar of his family’s famed property in Pomerol, Chateau Lafleur.

Bordeaux 2010 Futures Are Hard Sell, But $170 `Bargains’ Exist

Moon-shaped lanterns floated over a Chateau Haut-Brion dinner during Vinexpo last month. Owner Prince Robert of Luxembourg brushed off talk of 2010 prices, launching into tales of his early screenwriting career.

Billionaires’ Wine Thirst Quelled by Record Futures

Surging demand for Chateau Lafite and other French trophy labels, especially from Asia, has pushed both prices at auction and wine futures to records. Not all wine dealers are happy.

Should You Buy the Bordeaux 2010 Winemakers Prefer Most?

In the cavernous sixth floor ballroom at New York’s Marriott Marquis hotel, 110 top Bordeaux producers are busily pouring the region’s reds and whites from the 2010 vintage. Now that they’re bottled, the wines will start showing up on retail shelves. Should you buy now?

Bordeaux En Primeur Sales May Halve From 2009 as Buyers Balk, FT Reports

French Bordeaux wine makers are facing a drop in sales after boosting prices of their 2010 vintage, the Financial Times reported, citing Simon Staples, Sales and Marketing Director from wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd.

Bordeaux’s Sunburned New Vintage Needs Price Drop to Star

At 10 o’clock on a sunny Bordeaux Monday morning, tall, slim Christian Moueix places his palms prayerfully together as he intones the tale of 2011’s difficult weather in a smooth baritone.

Bordeaux 2009 Futures Sell 700 Cases an Hour, Freeze Computer

When offers of 2009 Chateau Cantemerle futures hit his inbox, Chris Adams, president of New York retailer Sherry-Lehmann Wine & Spirits , didn’t hesitate to snap up 50 cases.

Forget 2011 Bordeaux Futures, Buy Wine in Bottles Now

Delete. Delete. Delete. Of the 578 offers of 2011 Bordeaux futures that flooded Jamie Ritchie’s inbox one morning, most ended up in his trash file.

Lafite Demand Cools, Auction Growth Slows to 14% in Debt Crisis

Growth in wine sales by the leading five auction houses slowed to about 14 percent this year from 75 percent in 2010 as the global financial crisis cooled demand for Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and other top Bordeaux producers.

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Elin Mccoy

U.S. Stocks Rise as Bernanke Signals Continuing Stimulus

Yen Falls to Three-Year Low Versus Euro After BOJ

Stocks Rise With Gold, Treasuries on Bernanke Remarks

Bernanke Says Premature Tightening Would Endanger Recover

Saks Said to Hire Goldman Sachs to Explore Options