Andrew Lloyd Webber is to sell a significant chunk of his wine collection though Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
The composer is offering $4.1 million worth of wine (predominantly French) consisting of 748 lots.
Many of the bottles have been stored in the temperature controlled cellars of his 16th century English home, Sydmonton Court. Highlights include 21 cases of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2005, 10 cases of Chateau Lafite 2005 and two magnums of Domaine de la Romanee Conti – each worth an estimated $25,000.
Lloyd Webber said: “I’m very happy that Sotheby’s is bringing part of my precious wine collection to Hong Kong, particularly given that many wine connoisseurs are now in Asia.”
In 2010 Sotheby’s sold $52.4 million worth of wine in Hong, nearly a four-fold increase on the previous year.
(Source: Reuters)