Record prices paid at Hospices de Beaune
The annual Hospices de Beaune barrel auction saw record prices paid as Burgundy merchants spoke of confidence returning to the market.
The annual Hospices de Beaune barrel auction saw record prices paid as Burgundy merchants spoke of confidence returning to the market.
As the biggest weekend in the Burgundy calendar approaches, one expert suggested the Chinese would find great Burgundy affordable compared to top Bordeaux.
Next month’s Hospices de Beaune auction, the 150th, will provide an insight into Burgundy’s 2010 vintage. But what can buyers expect of the wine they are bidding on, and how is it made? Clive Coates MW explains
Organisers of the annual Hospices de Beaune auction are woong Chinese buyers for the first time with local tastings of the Burgundies slated for sale on 21 November.
Yesterday’s auction at the Hospices de Beaune took over €3m – less than last year but with a reduced number of barrels for sale.
As the Hospices de Beaune weekend gets into gear there is a good deal of speculation as to the outcome of tomorrow’s auction.
As Christie’s prepares to launch the annual Hospices de Beaune wine sale, the London-based auctioneer has released its impressions of the 2008 vintage.
The Hospices de Beaune, the world’s oldest charity wine auction, made a massive €4.29m at the weekend – 27% more than last year, and for less wine.
The directors of the annual Hospices de Beaune auction have signed a deal with Christie’s for the auction house to continue running its sales until 2010.
Prices of red and white Burgundy increased by 12% at last weekend’s Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges auction, held in Dijon.
This year’s Hospices de Beaune auction was marked by the spectacular prices achieved for white Burgundy.
Cautious enthusiasm is the verdict from Burgundy on the first Hospices de Beaune to be run by Christie’s.
With less than a week to go before the first ever ‘public’ Hospices de Beaune, there is mounting excitement around the ancient auction.
Sweeping aside a century and a half of tradition, Christie’s is to take over the running of this year’s Hospices de Beaune auction.