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LIV-EX

London International Vintners Exchange, more commonly known as Liv-ex is the leading exchange for fine wines and includes 270 wine merchants, traders and negociants worldwide. Founded in 1999, Liv-ex runs an internet and phone based information, trading and settlement platform for fine wine merchants.

Trading:

The Liv-ex membership has expanded rapidly to include the world's major trade buyers and sellers, including merchants, brokers, retailers, importers, exporters and wine funds.

The exchange is regulated by the membership committee, which is made up of elected members of the trade and Liv-ex management. The committee sets and polices the exchange's rules. Every trade on liv-ex is governed by a pre-agreed trading contract and buyers are underwritten by credit insurance.

The bulk of Liv-ex transactions are in the best French labels from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone, but not exclusively so. The best names from Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal and the New World are also traded.

Trading membership is restricted to fine wine professionals only, but Liv-ex also provides price data and impartial market information to enthusiasts, collectors and the media.

Market Information:

Liv-ex is the leading provider of independent fine wine market price data. Liv-ex has more than 3 million lines of current and historic data, which has been processed into a standard format to allow for:

  • Value added queries to search market availability, export data and view charts.
  • Bespoke valuations of stock, cellars customer reserves and wine funds.
  • Detailed market analysis, which is published in daily and monthly market reports to users.
  • Scientific construction of price indices to measure the performance of fine wines, including the industry's benchmark fine wine index, the liv-ex 100

How the Liv-ex platform operates:

  • Search for prices - query the huge liv-ex database to check market prices and availability.

  • Price Detection – use the internet based exchange or auction platform to trade.

  • Anonymous Settlement – stock and money is cleared under the terms of the liv-ex contract.

market history : 1855 classification (the writing below needs to be the actual page content in 'market history'

The Médoc Classification of 1855

In French Les Grands Crus classés en 1855. Châteaux are listed with their commune (village), and their AOC in parenthesis, if different from the commune.

First Growths (Premiers or 1er Crus)

  • Château Lafite Rothschild, Commune de Pauillac, Haut-Médoc (archaically Château de la Fite, Laffite, Lafitte)
  • Château Latour, Commune de Pauillac, Haut-Médoc (archaically La Tour de Segur)
  • Château Margaux, Commune de Margaux (archaically Château Margau)
  • Château Haut-Brion, Commune de Pessac, Graves (archaically Château Hautbrion, Houtbrion, Ho-Bryan, Obryan, Ho Bryen)
    The only Château situated in Graves rather than Médoc, and therefore the only Château on the list that is allowed to sell a dry white wine under the same name and appellation as the red wine.
  • Château Mouton Rothschild, Commune de Pauillac, Haut-Médoc
    (reclassified from Second Growth status in 1973) (archaically Château Branne-Mouton)

 Second Growths (officially Seconds Crus, sometimes written as Deuxièmes Crus)

Third Growths (Troisièmes Crus)

Fourth Growths (Quatrièmes Crus)

Fifth Growths (Cinquièmes Crus)

Sauternes and Barsac

Barsac Châteaux may call themselves Barsac or Sauternes.

Superior First Growth (Premier Cru Supérieur)

 First Growths (Premiers Crus)

 Second Growths (Deuxièmes Crus)

 

    

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