Auckland’s humidity isn’t just messing with your hair. It could be giving you a bad wine day, as well. This long, skinny, adorable isthmus of ours is notorious for its saturated summer air. When balmy airflows float down from the tropics and nestle on our obliging...
All grown up since the dark old days of wall-to-wall Müller-Thurgau, New Zealand cellars are home to a more world class selection of wines than ever. We have more vinophiles, wine collectors and of course, producers — 2,023 vineyards at last count, home to 1,408...
With thanks to our global community of bidders and vendors, our October Live/online auction proved to be another great sale at The Wine Auction Room. October is proving to be an auspicious month for securing rare treasures. After more than 80 years undisturbed at the...
The World of Fine Wine’s auctions and secondary market correspondent, Chloe Ashton, looks at the continuing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the fine-wine salerooms and secondary market The resolve of the wine industry is being tested. Following an uncertain start to the year, the global health crisis...
Our September Online auction was filled with stellar wines from all over the wine producing globe. Continuing our Italian bent since August, the highest successful bid was the 1998 Masseto Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, which sold for $1057.50. This was followed by the legendary 1996 Chateau d'Yquem...
Two weeks ago, we opened a special, quirky online auction outside of our normal schedule for our bidders to muse over. The Collection of a Liquor Industry Giant ( just like our vendor) was loved by all. The Industry Giant (both metaphorically and physically) had over...
Our Live auctions are always something we look forward to, it creates a lovely dynamic in the room, and the August Rare and Fine Wine Live auction was no different. We were very proud and grateful to our many bidders, both in the auction room...
Every year, Liv-ex organizes its Power 100 list, a detailed ranking of the highest-performing wines on the market. The most recent Power 100 list included six of the best Italian wine producers and labels in the country, including Sassicaia, Gaja, Masseto, Ornellaia, Solaia, and Antinori Tignanello....
If you’ve ever looked at the endless range of Italian wines with an air of confusion, know that you keep good company. We often hear from our customers that their curiosity is offset by their limited knowledge so we thought we might try to demystify...
In our July online auction, we had over 120 bidders which helped us to create some new records. The second quarter of 2020 has taken us all into uncharted territory, yet at The Wine Auction Room, we are extremely grateful to have navigated these waters...
