date:Jan 07, 2016
) raising interest rates in December 2015, there has also been a rise in the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index. Indeed if we look back to the last time the Fed raised rates in June 2006, this was the year the Fine Wine market really began to motor. Bordeaux's share of trade leapt from 78% to 92%. The First Growth's share of the market rose from 29% to 45% and the Liv-ex 100 rose 50% year on year to 154, en route to 365. Today it stands at 237.