Wine IS Art
If you’ve ever doubted that wine is, or can be, art then consider these results from Acker Merrall’s latest wine auction:
6 magnums 1971 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $136,275.00
12 bottles 1962 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $118,500.00
12 bottles 1961 Chateau Latour a Pomerol Pomerol $118,500.00
6 magnums 1978 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $112,575.00
12 bottles 1971 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $106,650.00
6 magnums 1961 Chateau Latour a Pomerol Pomerol $106,650.00
6 magnums 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc St. Emilion $94,800.00
12 bottles 1962 La Tache Domaine de la Romanee Conti $88,875.00
12 bottles 1978 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $88,875.00
6 magnums 1945 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac $82,950.00
12 bottles 1961 Chateau Lafleur Pomerol $77,025.00
12 bottles 1961 Chateau Petrus Pomerol $77,025.00
12 bottles 1962 Musigny Vieilles Vignes, Comte de Vogue $73,470.00
12 bottles 1962 Chambertin A. Rousseau $71,100.00
12 bottles 1947 Chateau Petrus Pomerol $71,100.00
12 bottles 1961 Chateau Petrus Pomerol $71,100.00
6 magnums 1961 Chateau Petrus Pomerol $71,100.00
2 magnums 1962 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $65,175.00
1 Methuselah 1971 Romanee Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti $65,175.00
12 bottles 1945 Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac $65,175.00
12 bottles 1947 Chateau Lafleur Pomerol $65,175.00
6 bottles 1923 La Tache Liger-Belair $59,250.00
3 magnums 1962 La Tache Domaine de la Romanee Conti $59,250.00
Numerous records were broken during the weekend long auction of what was, apparently, one owner’s considerable cellar. Many of these prices reflect not the high bidders’ taste in wine, but rather their investment proclivities. The same can be said of many auction purchases of traditional fine arts that appear on canvas rather than in glass. Remember the majority of the "art" that hangs on walls in homes around the world is virtually worthless except for the pleasure it offers the owner. The same can be said for wine. However, as food products go, you don’t see cheeses or beer or candy canes going at auction for $100,000. There is something about wine.
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