June 2022 Fine & Rare Wine Auction Results
Auction Manager Jeremy Lee takes us through some of the highlights in our June Fine & Rare Wine Auction.
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In Vino Veritas…
Last year, our auction director, Isabel Graham-Yooll made her selection of The 3 Best Wine Books Of All Time, this month it’s the turn of auction manager, Jeremy Lee, to select a trio from the crop of the wine titles that have informed his thinking and drinking after far too many years in the drinks trade.
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June 2022 Whisky & Spirits Auction Results
Here’s a look at the stand out bottles from our June whisky and spirits auction.
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How To Check A Bottle Is Properly Sealed
We can only accept bottles with the original seal intact. Any bottle which is unsealed or leaking should be rejected so here are our tips on how to inspect a bottle before submitting it.
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May 2022 Fine & Rare Wine Auction Results
Auction Manager Jeremy Lee takes a look at the highlights from our May Fine & Rare Wine auction.
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Mád For It
There is a special place in the hearts and glasses of we sweet wine nerds for the wines of Tokaj-Hegyalia in Northeast Hungary, responsible for as historic a wine style as you’ll ever taste, and some of the most intense and without a doubt the longest-lived unfortified wines in existence. The thrilling combination of burnt-sugar acidity, generous perfume and sometimes tooth-meltingly sweet sugar levels, often combined with fascinating oxidative, aldehydic ‘rancio’ notes have been responsible… Read More
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May 2022 Whisky & Spirits Auction Results
Here’s a look through some of the highlights and stand out bottles from our May whisky and spirits sale. Scotch Whisky This month’s auction featured plenty of big names. The highest price of £9400 went to The Macallan 2008 Distil Your World London Edition. There were plenty of vintage Macallans on offer, including Macallan 1950 Campbell, Hope & King bottled in the 1960s, which reached an impressive £6000. Fetching the same hammer price was the… Read More
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Ones To Watch In Our May Auction
Roberto Nicchitta takes a look through some key lots from our May Whisky & Spirits Auction.
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April 2022 Miniatures, Memorabilia and Books Auction Results
Here’s a look through some of the highlights of our April miniatures, memorabilia and books auction. Big prices for small bottles The battle to be this month’s top lot ended in a tie with two of our highly anticipated miniatures both ending the night’s bidding on £3,300. The lots in question were from perennial collectors’ favourites Macallan and Karuizawa. First up was the Karuizawa 1964 48 Year Old Sherry Cask 3603. Bottled at cask strength… Read More
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In Memory Of A Miniature Collector
Alex Barclay was a born collector with a life long interest in whisky. As his miniatures and books come up for sale at auction we look back at his passion for life and whisky.
