Head online for the CWG auction and help winemakers fill those barrels

Funds raised from the separate Vinotheque Auction will be placed in trust to help producers stay afloat

22 September 2020 - 19:09 By Michael Fridjhon

The Year of the Plague has not been kind to conventional wine auctions. Most of the major international sales went virtual, some successfully. In August, Christie’s New York offered the cellar of a famous collector, completing the $2.3m (about R38,3m) sale entirely online and showing a 200% improvement on the top presale estimates. Other houses have evolved a kind of hybrid format. Strauss & Company’s wine sale a few months back did surprisingly well...

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