Wines With a Side of Versailles

Wines With a Side of Versailles

by Westgarth Wines April 12, 2019

A three-day auction held by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong is selling spectacular lots of fine wine that come with an opportunity to dine and drink the 1945 vintage of at Versailles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild at Versailles. Also being auctioned are Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Chateau Lafite Rothschild, and Kweichow Moutai, a Chinese sorghum-based liquor. The plot thickens—it is a mystery who the owner of the collection is.

Related Link: Sold: Mystery Owner Nets $30 Million for Wine Stash

Picture from Chateau Mouton Rothschild





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