Assembled over some forty years with care, connoisseurship and a keen palate, 25,000 bottles of wine from the revered cellars of Pierre Chen – epicurean and aesthete in equal measure whose collections of both wine and art rank among the greatest in the world – arrived at Sotheby’s last autumn.
After the first remarkable sale in Hong Kong last November, Sotheby’s unveils “The Epicurean’s Atlas” French season. With over 3,000 meticulously curated bottles of Champagne and Burgundy, this sale series is set to dominate the global wine calendar in June and July across Paris and Beaune.
The groundbreaking Live In The Vines auction closes the European leg of this exceptional journey around the world. The sale will take place on 2 July in the historic, 13th century Cave du Couvent des Cordeliers in the center of Beaune. It will be the first time that Sotheby’s will host a Single Owner auction, from a private collection, within the city walls of this capital of the wine world itself, surrounded by the very storied vineyards whose wines are being offered for sale.
Continuing our journey into the refined world of wine, this autumn Sotheby’s is delighted to present the 164th Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction, to be held at the Halles de Beaune on 17 November 2024. Taking place, as is tradition, on the third Sunday of November, this is the world’s oldest charity auction.
Founded in 1443, the Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune was designed to care for the sick and offer shelter to the most destitute. Endowed with plots of vines by generous benefactors, it was in 1859 that the institution decided to offer the current vintage for public sale for the first time.
As part of Les Trois Glorieuses, this annual auction now represents the pinnacle of the calendar in Burgundy and has become a vastly important cultural phenomenon in the region, raising important funds to be invested in the medical equipment and the modernization of the hospital institution.
