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May 20, 2008 - 03:14 PM
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Wine auction highlights:
 17 may, 2008 | Sotheby's New York | Finest and Rarest
Aulden Cellars • Sotheby’s May 17th sale of Finest and Rarest Wines, Including The Cellar of William S. Morris III and Wines Direct from Château Angelus and the Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation, totaled $2,911,260, well within expectations (est. $2/3 million.*). Grand Total (Including Buyer's Premium): $2,911,260 (£1,484,743). Sold by Lot: 92.43% | Lots Offered: 1149 | Sold by Value: 96.46% | Lots Sold/Unsold: 1062/87
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Wine auction highlights:
10 May 2005 | Acker Merrall & Condit | Cru Restaurant – New York City
Total Lots in Auction (Excluding No Lots): 1081. Total of High Estimate: $3,259,100. Total of Low Estimate: $2,445,800. Total Winning $: $2,816,0934. % Sold: (# Winning Bids >=Reserve / Total Lots ) 85%.
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Wine auction highlights:
26 April, 2008 Christie's | New York | First Growth Bordeaux from An Exceptional Private Collection
On Saturday April 26 in New York, the Christie's International Wine Department held the First Growth Bordeaux from An Exceptional Private Collection auction which featured the very best from the last 25 years of Bordeaux winemaking. Realizing $3.74 million, the sale was 99% sold by value, 97% sold by lot.
Sold: $3,736,620/£1,887,182/€2,395,269 |Lots Sold: 451 | Lots Offered: 466 | Sold by Lot:97%
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Wine auction highlights:
25 April, 2008 Acker Merrall & Condit - Cru Restaurant, New York
Excluding the no. of lots, the sale was 97% sold and $6,286,313 on the gross, and 100% sold on all the Champagne.
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Wine auction highlights:
70-vintage Château d'Yquem sells for £368,000
Sotheby’s London recently announced that an extraordinary 70-vintage vertical collection from the famed Château d’Yquem, arguably the world’s greatest sweet wine, sold to a European Private Buyer for £368,000 (est. in excess of £100,000*) in a sale of Finest and Rarest Wines. Bidding was vigorous with the highly sought-after lot contested by two telephone bidders and a room bidder. When the hammer finally fell, the price far exceeded expectations.
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Wine auction highlights:
Magnificent Bordeaux and Burgundy
Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Bordeaux and Burgundy from an Important Private Cellar, featuring the greatest collection of rare Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wines ever offered by Sotheby’s, sold for $6,134,035 (est. $3.7/5.5 million*) making it the auction house’s third highest value single-owner wine sale worldwide. The sale attracted the interest of an extremely diverse group of bidders---with representation from over 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Brazil, Venezuela, Singapore and Indonesia. Over 40% of the value of the sale was purchased by the top four buyers, who were all from Hong Kong.
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Dicentra spectabilis
'Broken Hearts'
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Pink Cocktails -- based on wine and Champagne
The only drawback to cocktails is the library of drinks required to ensure you can produce a diverse list according to the occasion and this may put off many people from making them at home. But once the basic mixers are acquired then they will serve for a long time since cocktails don't demand large quantities of any one alcoholic ingredient. Certainly, cocktails made at home will be generally better than those drunk in most of the bars around the world. They are easy to make and ready to be adapted to your preferences. In keeping with the theme of this web site many of the cocktails listed below have some wine addition and they are, of course, mostly all pink – or at least shades of pink.
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Wine auction highlights:
Meteoric prices for rare vintages in Australia
Langton's fourth quarter wine auction sales reflected a strong demand for the world's greatest wines. These are unprecedented times with extraordinary results for great bottles yet sluggish demand for unproven or unknown wines. This hour-glass shaped market reflects a similar world-wide demand for property and art. Prices for great Bordeaux vintages have almost doubled over the last year. The demand for great Grand Cru Burgundy has driven prices into the world of esoteric numbers; just think of a price, double it and multiply by the number of your children. If you haven't any offspring, you may well be able to afford these extraordinary wines. A bottle of 1985 Henri Jayer Cros Parantoux fetched $8050 in November. 2003 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild which sold for $700 in January was achieving $2085 in December. Penfolds Bin 389 was Langton's Auction Wine of the Year
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Champagne:
Learn about Champagne
 Love the beverage but wish you knew more about it? Well, why not take our course? We'll take you through all the steps of making this wonderful wine and at the end of each level you can take a test to see how much you have absorbed. Click HERE to enter a new world of wine education. |
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Agenda:
Take a tour of the top Bordeaux Châteaux
To download our tour of the Bordeaux Premiers Crus -- Château Margaux, Château Latour, Château Mouton-Rothschild, Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Haut-Brion -- simply click on the link underneath and save it to your hard drive. Then 'open' it in your Earth Google software (which can be downloaded at earth.google.com) and off you go. Click the play button once it has loaded and hang on! Click on the highlighted names of the Châteaux to obtain more information.
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Agenda:
Fine Wine's Taste and Buy – Christmas event
Held at the Fulham Town Hall Sunday 16th December, 2007
You may not have come to the event but here you can see what you missed.
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Venice: Wine Guide
You can download a free copy of our guide to Venice HERE. The Guide has recently been updated. An indispensable tool for your trip.
We cover the ground as far as the best wine lists go in the city and include the latest restaurant openings. This Guide will save you time and money. This guide is constantly updated. |
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