Best-selling wines and spirits

Our best successes in wines and spirits

Every day, our clients come to us to have their bottles appraised. Among these, we sometimes discover treasures from the most prestigious vineyards. Our team of experts accompanies our clients to authenticate and appraise these great vintages which will be brought by Auctie's, at the Hôtel Drouot, the European epicenter of auctions.

What types of wines do we appraise?

• Great vintages
• Champagnes
• Prestigious Spiritists

Why sell your Grands Crus at auction with Auctie's?

• The sale of fine wines at auction is currently booming, offering a unique opportunity to sell your wines and spirits at an advantageous price and thus obtain interesting returns on investment.
• Auctie's has a team of wine and spirits experts who can guarantee the authenticity and quality of each lot offered for sale.
• Auctie's also has a global network of collectors and wine lovers who are willing to invest in quality vintages.

New Chinese amateurs on the market of prestigious wines

Since the 2000s, the Chinese clientele has become increasingly interested in fine wines, notably due to their increased purchasing power and their taste for luxury products. Today, they represent a significant share of the global wine and spirits auction market.

Chinese buyers often look for prestigious and renowned bottles, such as the grand crus classés of Bordeaux, but also Italian wines and spirits such as cognac and whisky. They also appreciate rare bottles with exceptional history or aging, which represent a symbol of status and success for them.

With its recognized expertise in wines and spirits, as well as its global network of wine collectors and enthusiasts, Auctie's is well positioned to offer Chinese buyers the most prized types of bottles. This can result in particularly lively auctions and high selling prices for sellers.

Some records for the sale of wines and spirits

• In October 2018, a bottle of Romanée-Conti vintage 1945 was sold at auction in New York for a record $558,000 USD.
• In February 2021, a bottle of Petrus vintage 2000 was sold at auction in Hong Kong for a record HK$1.8 million (about US$232,000).
• In October 2020, a bottle of Macallan whisky vintage 1926 was sold at auction in London for a record £1.2 million (about $1.5 million).
• In July 2020, a private collection of Burgundy wines owned by a French wine lover was auctioned in Paris for a total of over 1.5 million euros.

These records demonstrate the growing appeal of auctions for high-quality, world-renowned wines and spirits, as well as the importance of having a network of buyers who are passionate and willing to invest in order to realize high sales prices.