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CHF5,287 for a small glass of vin jaune – cheers!

16/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A rare vintage 1774 bottle of 87 cl of vin jaune from Arbois, France, near the Swiss border, sold for CHF46,000 Tuesday 15 May at Christie’s auction of fine wines in Geneva. The winning bid was made via Internet to an unnamed European trade buyer, so it will be hard to wangle […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: 1982, 1988 Mouton-Rothschild, Arbois, Chateau d'Yquem, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Christie's, Geneva, Hotel des Bergues, Michael Ganne, vin jaune 1774, vintages, wine auction

My Château Pétrus, vintage 1982

24/11/2008 by Ellen Wallace

My cellar does not hold a Chateau Pétrus but for one minute 18 November, before a 1982 magnum of the stuff was auctioned off at Christie’s in Geneva for CHF10,350, I tried to imagine it in my cellar. It added a bit of slightly jaded but elegant touch of age to the place, with the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Chateau Petrus, Christie's, Geneva, Mouton-Rothschild, wine auction

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