News — Liv-ex

Fine-wine trading opened September with a meaningful increase in activity. Liv-ex reported that total trade value rose 53.6% week-on-week, driven principally by greater purchasing from buyers in the United States and Europe. American buyers accounted for 41% of total traded value, maintaining their position as the market’s most important buying group for the week.

July 2026 data from Liv‑ex, reported by the drinks business and WineBusiness.com, show US fine‑wine buyers firmly back in the game, taking the largest share of global purchasing value in Q2 and helping to stabilize prices after several years of correction.

The global fine wine market is showing concrete signs of a recovery, with the Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index posting its first monthly gain in over a year during September 2025. This stabilization follows a prolonged correction and is underpinned by returning confidence, attractive pricing, and a significantly improved buyer-to-seller ratio. The data suggests classic, blue-chip collectible wines from major regions are once again attracting significant cross-regional demand.

While Bordeaux remains the largest category by trade volume, Champagne has demonstrably performed better against the recent market downturn, showing stronger price resilience and greater scarcity-driven demand in the most recent trading periods of 2025.