Last week in London there were 26 tastings for the 2010 Burgundies. I cannot profess to having gone to them all but after attending a fair few I garnered an impression of what I consider to be a classic Burgundy vintage....

Undoubtably 2011 was a solid reminder to the fine wine market. Since June 2005 the market grew imperiously without any regard for the ensuing global economic data that surrounded it. Huge price rises became the norm seeing most wines double in the 6 years, many in fact tripled or even quadrupled with a handful going......

On average fine wines prices have risen by 15%. According to Liv-ex the fine wines industry monitor the prices since December 1999 have increased 3.5 times. That even takes into consideration that the values of first growths have dropped by 12.3% in the last 12 months. The more recent first growths have been particularly hard hit.........