Wine auctions

Wine investment: Classics shine at HK sale but Bordeaux market still sluggish

Steps in the right direction amid a listless marketplace...

Rare Lynch-Bages auction with ‘mythical’ 1961 is 100% sold

All lots find buyers as total sales beat estimates...

CWG 2021 auction wines: the bottles to bid on

South Africa's premier wine sale…

Hospices de Beaune 2016 bidders cut spending

Sales fall but still total second highest on record...

Avery's cellar auction includes 1875 Lafite

Lafite 1875 is amongst the line-up....

Bonhams to auction 19th century Madeira

Bill Koch wine cellar auction fetches $22m

Pre-French Revolution Cognac auctioned by La Tour d'Argent

Famous Paris restaurant sells rare bottles...

Great Tokaj wine auction showcases dry white trend

Billionaire collector Bill Koch wines to be auctioned

Yves Saint Laurent co-founder to auction cellar with Haut-Brion 1945 & Climens 1921

Shipwrecked Champagne and Lafite-Rothschild 1895 also on the list...

DRC tops Sotheby's Wine Ranking for third year

Burgundy estate DRC topped the annual Sotheby’s Wine Ranking for the third year in a row...

Premiere Napa Valley auction 2016 raises $5m

The total is the third highest at the 20-year-old event...

Bordeaux wine auction for Paris victims: 10k euros raised

Christie's sees strong bidding for rare Madeira

Crus Classés de Graves wine auction for Paris victims

Turn wine into water with DWWA online auction for WaterAid

Christie's DWWA wine auction for WaterAid sets new record

Prices soar at Chateau Margaux auction in New York

Sonoma wine auction hits record sales

Mature Burgundy fuels Hong Kong wine auctions

Asian buyers have continued to snap up top rated mature Burgundy in a succession of recent Hong Kong auctions, but sales also suggest collectors are searching for a greater diversity of wines.

Hong Kong: Wine auction houses to fight for buyers

Some of the world’s biggest auction houses are going head-to-head in Hong Kong with a series of fine and rare wine sales.

Sotheby's NY single-owner cellar auction reaches over 8.4m USD

Burgundy was the star of Sotheby’s most lucrative New York wine auction in 15 years, with receipts totalling over 8.4m USD – some 22% above the sale’s high estimate.

First Sonoma barrel auction led by 2014 vintage Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir from the 2014 vintage led the line in the inaugural Sonoma Barrel Auction, with a collaboration between Williams Selyem, Joseph Swan and Kosta Brown taking joint top lot.

Premiere Napa Valley auction sales hit record $6m

The Premiere Napa Valley auction has set a new sales record of $6m, thanks to fierce bidding for Cabernet Sauvignon wines from California's 2013 vintage.

Cape Wine Auction 2015 sales rise by 50 percent

Strong bidding during the AfrAsia Bank Cape Wine Auction in South Africa saw total sales rise by 50% on the previous year, with Vrede en Lust, Saxenburg and Paul Cluver wines among the top lots.

Mouton ex-chateau auction breaks records in Hong Kong

Chateau Mouton Rothschild's first ex-chateau wine auction in Asia fetched a total of US$4.1m, more than double its pre-sale estimate, when it concluded this weekend at Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery.

$500,000 Krug 'experience' tops Naples 2015 auction

A cache of Krug Champagne and the lure of a private blending session with international consultant Michel Rolland helped the annual Naples Winter Wine Festival auction to raise $12m.

Hospices de Beaune auction achieves record €8m sales

Burgundy’s Hospices de Beaune auction has seen sales top €8m, a record total for the third year in a row, but negociants warned the result was 'troubling' for the market.