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Acker Merrall & Condit – Back to School II: Part 2

Here we are back again. This post is for the second day of the auction, taking place on September 12, 2015 at Marea. Agian, I have selected a few lots which I think are particularly interesting. Let’s head to those lots.

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Acker Merrall & Condit – Back to School II: Part 1

This will be my bread and butter. I’m much more familiar with wine than I am with spirits. Here we have an auction from Acker Merrall & Condit on September 10th and 12th. The Thursday event is at night at River Park and the Saturday auction starts at 9:30AM at Marea. If you can make it, it’s always fun to go in person.

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Chambolle-Musigny

In my second entry on the famous communes of Burgundy, I am writing on Chambolle-Musigny. Once again, we see the double barreled name. Chambolle is the name of the commune. In 1882, as a marketing ploy, they added to their name that of their most famous vineyard, Musigny. The AOC of Chambolle-Musigny was created in 1936 and with that they also began allowing production of white Chardonnay wine within Musigny, but not within the rest of the vineyard. Strangely, it is the only Grand Cru in Côte de Nuits that may produce a white wine. Chambolle-Musigny primarily produces red Pinot Noir and these wines are renowned for their femininity. Located just south of Morey-Saint-Denis, the two share the Grand Cru Bonnes Mares.

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Morey-Saint-Denis

Morey-Saint-Denis is located in a section of the the Côte d’Ore called the Côte de Nuits. Within the commune, there are 20 Premier Crus and 5 Grand Crus. You can think of these as ratings that the land has been given for the quality of wine that it produces. At the top you have Grand, followed by Premier, then Village, and finally AOC Bourgogne or subregional appellations (for areas larger than a village and with less strict rules over quality). The appellation was created in 1936. Prior to the creation of Morey-Saint-Denis, wines from the region were sold under the names of it’s neighbors, Gevery-Chambertin or Chambolle-Musigny. There is a tradition of appending the name of the most prized vineyard within the appellation (Clos Saint Denis in this case), but Clos Saint Denis is not the most prized vineyard. That honor would go to Clos de la Roche. This is a topic of debate to this day. There are roughly 140 hectares of land in Morey-Saint-Denis

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Japanese Whisky Featuring Hanyu Ichiro’s Full Card Series

Later this month, Bonhams is auctioning off some rare Whisky in Hong Kong. Normally, I sit out foreign auctions and whisky auctions, but there are so many tempting lots in this auction, I had to revisit my previous ultimatums.

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Introduction

Hi everyone. Thanks for giving this a chance. I’m very excited to be getting this started.

I’ve always been a big lover of wine and spirits and over the past three years, I have become more and more interested in wine and spirits and have begun participating in auctions. During my first auction, I more or less had no idea what I was doing. My experience was so-so and the support I received from the auction house was not stellar.

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