Post by Callum Woodcock

📢 The WineFi 🍷 Q2 2026 Wine Investment Market Report is LIVE. The good news? The fine wine market has continued its recovery. The bad news? The recovery is anything but uniform. Our Trade Price Index rose 4.4% in the quarter - the largest quarterly gain since Q1 2022, and the strongest reading of the recovery to date. Risers outpaced fallers for a second consecutive quarter, trade discounts narrowed to 2.4% (their tightest in close to five years), and the Fine Wine 50 is now the only Liv-ex index where bids exceed offers. But look beneath the headline and the real story is selectivity. The wines leading this recovery are older, rarer, and priced at the very top of the market: 📈 Mature Champagne (18+ years, £400+ per bottle) has returned ~9% over the past 12 months. 📈 The £400+ cohort is up 9.2% year-on-year — against +1.2% and +0.2% for the price bands below it. 📈 Mature Tuscany led every region at +8.8%. Meanwhile, young Bordeaux remains the market's weakest cohort 📉 - a reminder that maturity and scarcity are doing the heavy lifting in this brave new world. The read for investors: "stock picking" matters more than ever. Choosing the right wines at the right prices is paramount -- and is exactly what we built WineFi to do. Link in comments! 🖱️ -- Follow the journey over at WineFi 🍷