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Lafite Sets New Auction Record As Hong Kong Wine Frenzy Continues
This weekend, Sotheby's held its eighth sell-out wine auction series of the year in Hong Kong, but the figure that really stands out is the US$230,000 spent for each of… Read More-
Bottles Of Lafite ’08 To Include Imprinted Chinese Character
In a hat-tip to one of its most important and loyal markets, Chateau Lafite will imprint each bottle and magnum of Lafite 2008 with the character for the number eight,… Read More -
Aussie Wineries Struggle With Rampant Counterfeiting In China
Many in the Australian wine industry are concerned that the appearance of fake wines from smaller wineries indicates that the problem is even worse than thought, and that increasing piracy… Read More -
First Hong Kong Wine Auction Of 2010 Pulls In HK$52.9 Million (US$6.8 Million)
This weekend, all eyes were on the fourth installment of the wildly popular Sotheby's "Great American" collection in Hong Kong, the first-ever standalone Sotheby's wine auction to be held there.… Read More -
New Chinese Collectors To Play Larger Role in 2010 Auctions
Though mainland Chinese collectors obviously reign supreme at auctions held by domestic auction houses like Guardian and Poly, this fall, as traditionally dominant American and European collectors held back, mainland… Read More -
Chinese Domestic Wine Industry Expected To Make Strides
Although most wine experts think China's domestic wine producers have a long way to go until they can contend with the world's more established vineyards, many admit that the industry… Read More -
Sotheby’s Auction To Watch: “Great American” Wine Collection In Hong Kong
Hong Kong has, since abolishing wine tariffs last year, become the darling of the wine auction world, and perhaps no company has benefitted more from the city's wine boom than… Read More -
Hong Kong Now World’s #1 Wine Auction Market, Surpassing London & New York
This weekend, Sotheby's began a five-day string of auctions in Hong Kong -- continuing until October 8 -- with auctions of fine wine from the cellars of two anonymous American… Read More
