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A 15-liter bottle of Bordeaux first growth Château Mouton Rothschild – known otherwise as the “Nebuchadnezzar” – from the legendary vintage of 2000 was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong for more than one million Hong Kong dollars to an Asian collector.
A bottle of Petrus 2000 aged for 14 months in space will go under hammer at Christie’s private wine sales.
1898 Lafite, 1865 Yquem and some of the top Burgundian names such as Henri Jayer will be on offer at Sotheby’s May sale in Hong Kong.
Christie’s Wine Department will present what it bills as “The Ultimate Private Collection Featuring The Greatest Burgundies” from a single owner on May 20 in Hong Kong.
All 147 lots (533 bottles) from Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau were sold out at Sotheby’s Spring Sale Series last week, achieving another ‘white glove’ sale for the auction house.
The notorious wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan, aka Mr Conti, has been deported to his native country Indonesia last week from the US after spending seven years in jail for defrauding wine collectors millions of dollars.
Fine wine merchant, Sarment, is shutting down its business in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, less than two years after it was sold to Paolo Bulgari.
Deep-pocketed Asian buyers now make up the majority of global wine and spirits buyers at auctions for top brands from DRC to Macallan.
A collection of 12 top wines from 12 of the world’s most renowned family-owned estates in the Primum Familiae Vini association went under the hammer at Sotheby’s and fetched £81,250 ($112,036), more than twice of its starting bid of £30,000.
Hong Kong-based fine wine merchant L’Imperatrice has formally parted ways with its founder Julien Froger and is eager to turn a new corner.