Large-Format Wine Index (LFWI)
Large-Format Wine Index (LFWI): a daily market-performance index for large-format fine wine, magnums and larger, built on ALT/FNDATA's dataset of over 90,000 large-format lots across 180+ auction houses since 1998, with 78,000+ realised prices. Tracks the premium that magnums, jeroboams and imperials command over standard bottles. Daily index values.
What this listing delivers
- Daily market-performance index for large-format fine wine, magnums and larger, built on 90,000+ lots across 180+ auction houses since 1998, with 78,000+ realised prices.
- Isolates the large-format premium (magnum, jeroboam, imperial, methuselah) that academic research shows rises with bottle size. Bottle-format detail on every lot.
- A distinct, collectible segment no standard price index captures. Delivered in JSON, CSV and SQL formats, updated daily.
Coverage & methodology
The Large-Format Wine Index (LFWI) tracks magnums and larger formats (jeroboam, imperial, methuselah), which academic research shows command a rising premium over standard bottles (AAWE Working Paper 86, on bottle size and auction prices). It isolates a distinct, collectible corner of the fine wine market.
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