Drinking to success: The amount of fine wine traded last year, rather than consumed, was up 70 per cent on 2019 It is time to raise a glass to the future. And if it is full of wine, you may consider joining a growing army of fans turning this pleasure into a shrewd investment. Lockdown fever has resulted in increasing numbers of people drinking wine at home. And it is not just cheap bottles of plonk we are buying – but also the finest vintages which some are acquiring for investment purposes. The amount of fine wine traded last year, rather than consumed, was up 70 per cent on 2019 according to wine market tracker Liv-ex. It monitors the prices of a thousand investment quality wines.