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Bordeaux Takes Centre Stage in Sotheby’s October Wine Sale
This autumn, Bordeaux takes centre stage in Sotheby’s sale of Finest and Rarest Wines in London on 31 October, with offerings spanning the last four decades. Highlights include Margaux 1982, Mouton 1986, Lafite 1990, Latour 1996, along with seven vintages of Le Pin....
Francis Ford Coppola, what a collector!
Cabernet Sauvignon of Inglenook 1941, sold in 2004, is considered one of the most expensive bottles of American wine. It was produced by the Inglenook winery, founded in 1879 in the Napa Valley, California. It was bought in 1975 by Francis Ford Coppola thanks to the...
Wine in Ancient Rome mixed with water
In Ancient Rome wine was mixed with water. Undiluted wine (merum) was reseverd to Gods. The Romans usually mixed one part of wine with two parts water (sometimes warm or even salted with sea water to preseve it). Often wine was added with sugar or honey and made...
The world’s most expensive Whisky
Sotheby’s Wine is pleased to unveil the full contents of our autumn 2018 auctions in New York. Led by The Macallan 1926 60 Year Old (Sir Peter Blake Label) as well as an historic offering of Rare Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Wines from the Personal Cellar of Robert...
Finest & Rarest Wines sale in Geneva, 15 May 2018
Geneva May the 4th, 2018 Fine & Rare Wines auction, was held on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 in Geneva. The sale featured a selection of wines with over 700 lots on offer. Highlights within the sale included, a rare case of 1945 Latour alongside a 1715 Madeira – the...
The cellar from the estate of Jerry Perenchio
One of the most superb collections of mature wines ever to appear at auction, the cellar of the legendary entrepreneur Jerry Perenchio brought a total of HK$52,821,120 / US$6,730,467, doubling pre-sale expectations (est. HK$19.7-27.5 million / US$2.5-3.5 million),...
Rare Wines from a Single Owner Collection
17 March 2018, Hong Kong Christie’s continues to champion the very best from the world of wine and brought to auction, for the first time in Hong Kong, an unparalleled selection of South African ‘Grand Crus’. The collection of rare vintage wines, each of supreme...
Sotheby’s London sale of Finest & Rarest Wines
Sotheby’s London sale of Finest & Rarest Wines on 18 April brought a total of £1,045,206 ($1,494,645) against a pre-sale estimate £806,690 - 1,016,110, with 96% of lots sold. Stephen Mould, Sotheby’s Head of Wine, Europe, said: “Bordeaux dominated the results,...