Taiwanese billionaire Pierre Chen is putting up 25,000 wine bottles from his personal collection for auction, the largest wine collection ever offered in one to date.
What’s available: The auction, titled “An Epicurean’s Atlas,” will include some of the rarest bottles from Chen’s vast collection, which he amassed in a span of four decades. Among them are red burgundies from the La Tâche vineyard — a monopole of the iconic Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in France — which include 1985 bottles expected to fetch up to $190,000 each.
About Chen: Chen, currently Taiwan’s 10th richest person — and the world’s 515th — is the founder of top electronics maker Yageo Corporation. He is known for his extensive knowledge and collection of wines, as well as art, which include works from Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and Gerhard Richter, to name a few.
Take note: “An Epicurean’s Atlas” will come in five parts. The sales will be spread across one year, beginning in Hong Kong on Nov. 23, and later Paris, Burgundy, New York and London.
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