A purchase of a special wine from the cellar of a special house with special owners, a story told by BKWine Magazine guest writer, as well as exclusive wine expert at Vins Extraordinaires, Stuart George.
How was it for you, 2010? In some ways it was a remarkable year, another magnificent vintage in Bordeaux for example. But a horrific one in Chile that was struck by a quake. Stuart George
Even on the Swedish monopoly market there exists since a few years back wine auctions. It is of course the monopolist itself, the Systembolaget, who organises the auction. At the beginning of June they held
Mother Nature was unkind in 2010 – an earthquake in Haiti, floods in Pakistan and an unpronounceable volcano in Iceland. There was huge financial trauma; many are still recovering. But commodities and collectibles – especially
Not only Chateau Lafite-Rothschild but also many other fine and exclusive wine will be on sale at the Bruun Rasmussen auction (# 817) on December 9. Very timely they have quite a collection of Lafite
It’s almost as if there is inflation in auction price records. The press releases come in almost every day on new, stunning auction prices. Much of it seems to be driven by the incredible demand
On October 24 there will be a great auction of Languedoc wines in Pic Saint Loup, one of the most interesting sub-regions in the Languedoc. There will be wines from the Pic St Loup itself
Well, at least almost. Spectrum Wine holds auctions primarily in California and in Hong Kong but since some time back they have a live representative in place in Europe. It is the (ex-?) wine writer
On December 18 a bit over 400 Bordeaux chateau were sold at auction in Paris. It wasn’t the actual wine estates that were sold of course, but depictions of them. In 1850 the first edition
On 23 May, 2009 Piedmont’s grand Albergo dell’Agenzia, home of Slow Food’s Wine Bank, hosted the 7th annual wine & art auction ‘Sorsi di Pace’ to benefit the charity Emergency. Each of the 24 magnums
Here are the top selling lots at Sotheby’s in 2008. Not cheap… – $ 724,371: Ch Yquem, 70 vintages, 136 bottles ($5326/bottle) – $169,400: Romanée Conti 1971, 6 magnum ($14166) – $151,250: Romanée Conti 1985,
One more wine auction house can be found in Holland. They are called Winefield’s Auctioneers and are located in Amsterdam. They have four auctions every year. www.winefield.nl. And they also do wine education (e.g. WSET
The most expensive bottle ever sold at Sotheby’s was a jeroboam of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1945 that fetched $310,700. Total sales reached $49,287,329 which is +32% compared to 2006.
Nils Stormby, the Swedish wine collector, recently sold most of his world famous Chateau d’Yquem collection at Zachy’s auction house in New York. The sale netted a very decent 4.5 million dollars.
At a recent auction in Australia a single bottle of Grange 1951 (previously called “Grange hermitage”) sold for the record price $51,000. It was two Grange collections that were up for sale at the same
Some encouraging or discouraging (depending on if you are buying or selling) prices from Sotheby’s recent auction L06603 (98.5% of all wines sold): 12 bt Lafite 1982: £7,130 12 bt La Mission haut Brion 1989:
The British auction house Christie’s celebrates its 240th anniversary since its creation this year as well as 40 years since the wine department was created. The anniversary year will focus on developing the activity in
The third Swedish wine auction was held by the monopoly Systembolaget on November 29. Their wine valuation expert Maria Laurila was happy with the result: “we see it as a confirmation that there is a
The November auction at the Hospice de Beaune is somewhat of a guide for the market evolution for Burgundy wines. It is a very traditional affair mainly open to the trade, but also to some
A purchase of a special wine from the cellar of a special house with special owners, a story told by BKWine Magazine guest writer, as
How was it for you, 2010? In some ways it was a remarkable year, another magnificent vintage in Bordeaux for example. But a horrific one
Even on the Swedish monopoly market there exists since a few years back wine auctions. It is of course the monopolist itself, the Systembolaget, who
Mother Nature was unkind in 2010 – an earthquake in Haiti, floods in Pakistan and an unpronounceable volcano in Iceland. There was huge financial trauma;
Not only Chateau Lafite-Rothschild but also many other fine and exclusive wine will be on sale at the Bruun Rasmussen auction (# 817) on December
It’s almost as if there is inflation in auction price records. The press releases come in almost every day on new, stunning auction prices. Much
On October 24 there will be a great auction of Languedoc wines in Pic Saint Loup, one of the most interesting sub-regions in the Languedoc.
Well, at least almost. Spectrum Wine holds auctions primarily in California and in Hong Kong but since some time back they have a live representative
On December 18 a bit over 400 Bordeaux chateau were sold at auction in Paris. It wasn’t the actual wine estates that were sold of
On 23 May, 2009 Piedmont’s grand Albergo dell’Agenzia, home of Slow Food’s Wine Bank, hosted the 7th annual wine & art auction ‘Sorsi di Pace’
Here are the top selling lots at Sotheby’s in 2008. Not cheap… – $ 724,371: Ch Yquem, 70 vintages, 136 bottles ($5326/bottle) – $169,400: Romanée
One more wine auction house can be found in Holland. They are called Winefield’s Auctioneers and are located in Amsterdam. They have four auctions every
The most expensive bottle ever sold at Sotheby’s was a jeroboam of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1945 that fetched $310,700. Total sales reached $49,287,329 which is +32%
Nils Stormby, the Swedish wine collector, recently sold most of his world famous Chateau d’Yquem collection at Zachy’s auction house in New York. The sale
At a recent auction in Australia a single bottle of Grange 1951 (previously called “Grange hermitage”) sold for the record price $51,000. It was two
Some encouraging or discouraging (depending on if you are buying or selling) prices from Sotheby’s recent auction L06603 (98.5% of all wines sold): 12 bt
The British auction house Christie’s celebrates its 240th anniversary since its creation this year as well as 40 years since the wine department was created.
The third Swedish wine auction was held by the monopoly Systembolaget on November 29. Their wine valuation expert Maria Laurila was happy with the result:
The November auction at the Hospice de Beaune is somewhat of a guide for the market evolution for Burgundy wines. It is a very traditional
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