Hello! Are you out there? Is anyone in Aspen this week? I do kind of feel like I’m drinking alone here. There are six weeks and counting until the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen,.
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Schug Carneros Estate Winery Launches Library Wine Experience
In honor of its 40th anniversary and in conjunction with the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance, the pioneering winery is digging into its cellar
SONOMA, CA (April 7, 2021) – Visitors to Schug Carneros Estate Winery can now get a taste of the property’s rich history. The winery, which was founded 40 years ago by renowned winemaker Walter Schug, has started offering a Library Wine Experience that enables guests to sample older vintages paired with food. Co-owner and second-generation vintner Claudia Schug hosts the sessions on Friday mornings and provides historical details and stories to give further insight into the singular pours, while Chef Kristine Schug prepares delicious bites to accompany the wine and conversation. A virtual tasting is also scheduled for the end of the month.
Jan 30, 2021, 12:54 PM IST
US auctioneer Hart Davis Hart has completed its 2020 season with a two-day record shattering sale featuring the wines from the late Joseph Phelps cellar.
For a total of US $10.4 million, the entire collection was 100 percent sold, almost $2m above the high pre-sale estimate, with 82 percent of the lots offered selling above their high estimates as well.
Last Friday s first session included the wine cellar of the late Joseph Phelps. In total, it made $2.2 million (above a high estimate of $1.3 million) with buyers jumping at the opportunity to purchase Lafite Rothschild 1865 and 1948 bottles ($31,070 each) and 11 Latour 1959 bottles ($77,675) and 12 Latour 1961 bottles ($23,900), and rare Californian classics 1971 Ridge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard (two bottles selling for $20,315-a new record), 1974 Heitz Cellar, Martha s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, 1978 Joseph Phelps Eisele Vineyard and Insignia, as well as great Burgundy. Charles W
Decanter Rare Lafite and Napa wines sold from Joseph Phelps private cellar
A bottle of Lafite from 1865 and a series of rare gems from 1970s California have fetched high prices in an auction of wines owned by the late Napa Valley pioneer Joseph Phelps.
It said 501 lots from the ‘personal estate of Joseph Phelps’ fetched $2.2m (£1.64m) in total, versus a pre-sale high estimate of $1.374m.
An auction list showed how Phelps,
who died in 2015, had collected great wines from around the world for his private cellar, alongside his pioneering role in elevating the winemaking and reputation of Napa Valley.