Posts by Miles Davis
A New Chapter for Vinum: Our First Fine Wine Boutique in Singapore
Vinum Opens Its First Fine Wine Boutique in Singapore
Buying and enjoying fine wine is one of life'...
M&M Show: 2022 Burgundy Reds
The 2022 red Burgundies are great wines, full stop, with no warm-vintage caveat attached. That is th...
Vinum Fine Wine Market Report September 2026
This month at a glance
Legendary US investor Dr. Michael Burry has publicly made the case for f...
Northern Portugal, the land of Vinho Verde – a hidden gem?
Warning: this is mainly a travel, not a wine, piece.
The area
For the third time in less than a ...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report August 2026
Back to front
Last month, my editor commented that the report was fine, just fine mind, but started...
Opus One 2023: A Superb Vintage, An Exceptional Wine
Opus One is a name that needs little introduction to wine people. The joint venture between two lege...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report July 2026
June performance
June was an unremarkable month in the wine world. The loss of 0.7% of the Liv-ex ...
M&M Show: 2022 Burgundy Whites
The 2022 growing season was one of the hottest Burgundy vintages on record. Under the compounding pr...
Châpeau à Lafleur (encore!)
Attention!! Heatwave in Pomerol (and everywhere else)
As the mercury spikes its way through forty...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report June 2026
May Performance
May proved to be the worst month for quite a while for the 50 and 100 indices, whil...
Bordeaux 2025 – En Primeur So Far
With the Bordelais flocking to Vinexpo in Hong Kong this week, en primeur releases are taking a brea...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report May 2026
April Performance
April is always one of the quieter months in wine land. Easter and school holiday...
The M&M Show: En Primeur Bordeaux 2025
Introducing the latest episode of The M&M Show – Matthew Hemming MW and Miles Davis turn their a...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report April 2026
March performance
The major indices in the wine market came off a tiny bit in March but are still m...
Sauternes – The Enigma!
Recent Releases
Given our relative success selling the latest 2023 vintage releases from Chateau d’...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report March 2026
February Performance
It feels weird, bordering on wrong, to be writing this given the latest ...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report February 2026
January – oh, what a month!
What an extraordinary start to the year. We had the Venezuela int...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report January 2026
A brief recap of 2025 and what to expect in 2026.
Firstly, the fine wine market December performanc...
Drinking in Christmas
A Grinch’s guide on what and how to drink at Christmas!
Obviously, not everyone enjoys Christmas, ...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report December 2025
Wine market November performance
Holy Moly – three in a row! Positive months, that is. People...
The 2025 Wine Hit Parade
It is that time of year when the Top 100 lists appear in the wine world. James Suckling, The Wine Sp...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report November 2025
Wine market performance
Another positive month – woo hoo! Also, another month where the bid t...
When One Egg Is Un Oeuf – And When It Is Not!
Just in case you haven’t heard the old classic joke: why do the French only have one egg for breakfa...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report October 2025
Positive moves on the indices
Hooray! This is my tenth market report for Vinum and the first ...
The M’M Show: Burgfest 2021 Reds Interviews
Introducing The M&M Show: four swift episodes with Matthew Hemming MW and Miles Davis on all thi...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report September 2025
August was very much a month of two halves for Vinum Fine Wines. The first half was purely about wat...
Chapeau à Château Lafleur!
In a surprise announcement earlier this week Château Lafleur, very politely and respectfully, declar...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report August 2025
I’m going to keep this brief. It is August, it’s boiling hot outside, most people are away (if they ...
The Wines We Drink!!
One of the internal chat groups at Vinum Fine Wines goes by the name of ‘The Wines We Drink’.There m...
Vinum On Tour With Pol Roger Portfolio
Pol Roger Portfolio 35th year anniversary Trip
Edinburgh based Fiona Spawforth really too...
Les Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) Come to Town (London)
It is not everyday that the noble house of Les Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite Baron de Rothsch...
Vinum Fine Wine Market Report July 2025
Market performanceAnother down month on the indices I’m afraid, despite improved business levels. Al...
Vinum Fine Wine Market Report June 2025
The wine market
The bad news for May is that the market is down again. The good news is that it was...
Tim Atkin’s ‘The Best of South Africa’ – a quick summary of this emerging (?) wine land.
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a terrific tasting of ’The Best of South Africa’, organised by jou...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report May 2025
I am pleased to report that April is over and we’re moving on, fast. Recent weeks in the wine world ...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report April 2025
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Welcome to the April 2025 Fine Wine Market Report. Strict...
A Journey Into Wine Collecting (and Google Maps)
It started with a simple Muscadet... how I became a wine collector
I am sometimes asked how I start...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report March 2025
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February performance:
Another month has passed, and the le...
Current State and Future of the Chinese Wine Market
Vino Joy News www.vino-joy.com
I recently met with Natalie Wang, Founder of Vino Joy News, a Hong K...
Wine Auction News – Some Positive Results
Recent wine auctions have shown some very interesting results
If you are looking for some positive ...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report February 2025 by Miles Davis
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January performance:
Although there are some reasons to...
100 Points – What does it mean in today’s fine wine market?
History
Back in the day, the magic number wouldn’t just sell the wine, it would move the market, a ...
A Fresh Look At 2017 Burgundy & Bordeaux
It is perhaps no secret that the 2017 vintage in Burgundy is offering a great deal of drinking pleas...
Vinum Fine Wines Market Report January 2025 by Miles Davis
A commentary on the fine wine market in 2024 and what we can look forward to in 2025.
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