Fine Wine Vintage Index (FWVI)
Fine Wine Vintage Index (FWVI): a daily index tracking fine wine price performance by vintage year, built on ALT/FNDATA's dataset of over 760,000 vintage-dated priced lots across 290+ auction houses since 1998, spanning 120+ vintages. See how vintages such as 1982, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016 appreciate over time. Daily index values.
What this listing delivers
- Daily index of fine wine price performance by vintage year, built on 760,000+ vintage-dated priced lots across 290+ auction houses since 1998.
- Spans more than 120 vintages, so you can compare years such as 1982, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016 on a consistent methodology. Delivered in JSON, CSV and SQL formats.
- Grounds vintage analysis in realised auction prices, the factor wine economists identify as the dominant driver of long-run value. Daily-updated index values.
Coverage & methodology
The Fine Wine Vintage Index (FWVI) tracks how fine wine performs by vintage year, the single factor that academic wine economists identify as the dominant driver of long-run price (Ashenfelter, Predicting the Quality and Prices of Bordeaux Wine). It lets you compare vintages on a consistent methodology and see which are appreciating.
Access
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Source: ALT/FNDATA, 19.24M realized auction results across 37 collectible categories, normalized to USD. Featured lot images courtesy of the auction houses named. Methodology · All datasets · Brands · Market statistics

