Wine
OverviewSotheby's Wine Department, led by Serena Sutcliffe, M.W., has the most experienced and successful team in the wine auction business, selling wine in London since 1970 and in New York since 1994 with worldwide sales of over $44 million in 2008.Sotheby's specialises in offering the finest wine cellars in the world, such as A Superb Private Collection (London, September 2008, $2.9 million), Magnificent Bordeaux and Burgundy from an Important Private Cellar (New York, April 2008, $6.1 million), The Adrian Bowden Cellar Part II (London, March 2007, $2.8 million), and Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Treasures from the Private Cellar of Baroness Philippine (New York, February 2007, $2.2 million). We hold sales in London, New York and Hong Kong, featuring fine and rare wines for both current drinking and cellaring.If you are interested in selling wine through Sotheby's, our teams in New York and London make it an easy process. Send us a list of wines you want to sell and we will provide a detailed ... |
 Autumn 2009 Newsletter by London Wine DepartmentThe spring/summer auction season saw a host of new buyers entering the saleroom for our first sale in February – an extremely positive sign. The tendency for private individuals to buy directly at auction and rising demand from Asian clients continued throughout the season,producing a very buoyant sold rate of 98.3% by value over six sales to July. Turnover in London reached £4.2 million for the period January to July, in excess of the total high estimate of £3.5 million. This success is a reflection of both the demand for the best wines of verifiable provenance and our experience in bringing great cellars to a totally international audience. The high point of the season was our historic June sale of wine direct from the cellars of Château Cheval Blanc, the... |
 BRILLIANT BOLLY by Serena Sutcliffe, M.W.The Institute of Masters of Wine believes in combining the academic with pure pleasure so they showed a logical disposition in putting on a Seminar devoted to Bollinger Champagne led by Ghislain de Montgolfier, the great-great-grandson of founder Jacques Joseph Bollinger. Bollinger remains in family hands and their on-going acquisition of prestigious vineyards enables them to supply two-thirds of their grape requirements, a great way to preserve house style and ensure quality. They still use old oak casks for the fermentation of the still wine and the reserve wines for the non-vintage Special Cuvée are kept in magnum, cru by cru, year by year. The character of Bollinger is stamped by the Pinot Noir from their home village of Aÿ, giving it a minerally, biscuity taste that... |
