Imperial Reserve sells Russian imperial wine at Sotheby's London
Hundreds of bottles from the Massandra winery near Yalta, once saved for czars and preserved under Stalin, were auctioned at Sotheby’s in London. Collectors bid on 150 year old wines valued in the thousands as London’s Russian buying power grows with figures like Abramovich and Berezovsky.
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Boris Berezovsky
Christie’s
Ivan Aivazovskii
St. Petersburg
St. Isaac
Czar's Wine Cellars Auction Features Imperial Collection
Sotheby's eyes auction of Nicholas I personal cellar now carved into a vast Massandra linked stockpile. The sale includes hundreds of bottles from 18th to early 20th century with top lots rising to thousands, though many items remained unsold as Russian buyers show selective demand. The Massandra tunnels, 500 feet long and 200 feet underground, house nearly 1 million bottles, including Madeiras, Muscats and ports from around the world.
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Sotheby’s
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Tles
Seventh Heaven
Massandra
Lev Golitzin
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Summer Palace
Imperial Czar Nicholas Bottled Wine in Yalta Cellar
An AP photo shows an Imperial shaped wine bottle once owned by Nicholas II amid a largely intact cellar near Yalta on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine. The scene captures a relic from the Russian monarchy with the bottle resting among dusty rows of wine.
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Diocese settles clergy abuse cases in Orange County
The Diocese of Orange reached a settlement with 87 victims of clergy abuse, with details undisclosed. A source cited by the Associated Press said the amount would exceed Boston's $85 million record settlement, while Judge Owen Lee Kwong ordered secrecy and ordered parties to the courthouse for intensive talks ongoing for two years.
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