Asian buyers have just begun buying en primeur in the past couple of years, said Mr Fowler, meaning their experience to date is unimpressive.
福勒表示，亚洲买家是过去两年才开始购买期酒的，这意味着他们迄今的表现乏善可陈。
Right now, the front-of-mind vintage is, of course, the much-lauded 2010 that is currently being sold en primeur or as wine futures, offering the customer the opportunity to invest in a particular wine before it is bottled.
眼下最先能想到的年份当然是颇受称赞的2010年份。这个年份的葡萄酒正以期酒形式销售，为顾客提供了一个在装瓶前投资特定葡萄酒的机会。
En primeur is the French term for wine before it is bottled.
期酒的法文拼写是enprimeur，指的是尚未装瓶上市的葡萄酒。
Fund managers are generally bullish that the predicted record primeur prices for the second year running will reaffirm the value to be found in older vintages.
基金经理总体上持乐观态度，认为连续第二年创纪录的期酒预测价格将证明物有所值，就如较早年份的葡萄酒一样。
Since the weakening of the dollar, some US wine merchants have pulled back from en primeur purchases in expensive pounds and euros in favour of trading the contents of the many established cellars there.
由于美元疲软，一些美国酒商放弃了以昂贵的英镑和欧元购买期酒的计划，转而买卖那里许多知名酒窖的藏酒。