The 2022 Golden Vines® Global Online Charity Auction
100+ Lots for the benefit of the Gérard Basset Foundation
The Golden Vines® Fine Wine, Rare Spirit & Experience Global Online Charity Auction (The Golden Vines® Auction) raises money exclusively for the Gérard Basset Foundation, which funds diversity & inclusion focused educational programmes in the wine, spirits & hospitality sector. Last year’s inaugural Auction featured 74 lots, raising just over £1.2 million for the Foundation.
The Foundation’s work includes a large number of Golden Vines® scholarship programmes sponsored by groups like Dom Pérignon, Hennessy Cognac, Artémis Domaines, the Brooklyn Nets & the New York Liberty basketball teams, as well as the marquee scholarships, the three Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships, each worth £55,000. Last year, the Foundation also made grants to 14 institutional and community partners globally, including disability students in New York, young black winemakers in South Africa, and indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada.
This year’s Golden Vines® Auction features 100+ Auction Lots. The Auction goes live for bidding on the 1st of October and will close at midnight CET on Sunday 16th of October after The Golden Vines® Awards Ceremony & Dinner at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Anyone worldwide can bid, irrespective of whether they are attending The Golden Vines® Awards.
From the 1st of October, the eCatalogue will be accessible using the same link. Each lot is comprised of a package that includes large formats or rarities from some of the top wine estates and spirit houses globally, as well as a ‘money-can’t-buy’ experience, such as VIP tours, tastings, fine wine lunches with the owners or winemaker, and a stay at the château or luxury hotel (i.e. fine wine or rare spirit + an experience).
Along with numerous lots from Burgundy, Champagne, Bordeaux, Piedmont, Tuscany, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Napa Valley, Argentina, Chile, South Africa, and Australia for 2022, there are lots from new countries such as Uruguay, Hungary, Switzerland, and even a kosher wine lot from Israel, reinforcing the Foundation’s diversity and inclusivity aims. Furthermore, many more affordable lots will be available in 2022, alongside lots expected to sell for tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of pounds.
Many of the donating wineries and spirit houses have produced a one-minute video to promote their Auction Lots on social media, a new feature for The 2022 Golden Vines® Auction. The videos will also be embedded in the eCatalogue and accessible to all bidders.
Also new for The 2022 Golden Vines® Auction are several Auction Lots donated by well-known fine wine collectors and connoisseurs, many of whom have included incredible bottles of fine wines to donate alongside exclusive experiences that should greatly appeal to other wine collectors and lovers.
For those bidding from the United States, in order to assist in obtaining charitable tax relief, there will be the option to pay for their winning lot through an American charity affiliate, making bidding on The 2022 Golden Vines® Auction more attractive.
TOP AUCTION LOTS BY VALUE (OVER £20,000 LOW ESTIMATE)
The world’s most expensive red wine on release (less than 1,000 bottles made, each vintage) and the most interesting man in Bordeaux hosting you: A unique collection of Liber Pater in a hand-crafted presentation case that includes Liber Pater Rouge 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018 & 2019, plus Denarius Rouge 2015 & 2019 (9 bottle case) signed by Vigneron, Loic Pasquet; VIP tour, tasting and fine wine lunch at the estate with Loic Pasquet for ten guests.
Estimate: £100,000+
PENFOLDS, AUSTRALIA
Extraordinary Penfolds Grange Experience: Super-rare 100-point 6-litre (Imperial) of Penfolds 2016 (one of 11 bottles made), signed by winemaker extraordinaire and personality Peter Gago; fine wine dinner hosted by Peter Gago with a selection of 100-point only Grange vintages back to 1976, as well as the uber-rare Penfolds Bin 60A 1962, generally acknowledged as the greatest Australian fine wine ever released (rated 7th highest in Decanter magazine’s 100 Wines to Try Before You Die, August 2004, the highest placed non-French wine); depending on where you are located, Peter will either host you in Australia at Penfold’s Magill Estate Restaurant, in London at The Apothecaries in Blackfriars or Menton, France at Michelin 3-star Mirazur, winner of the S. Pellegrino World’s Best Top 50 Restaurants Award for four guests.
Estimate: £80,000+
DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE CONTI, BURGUNDY & THE MAYBOURNE RIVIERA, ROQUEBRUNECAP-MARTIN, FRANCE
A Mega Lot: 3-litre (Jeroboam) of Domaine de la Romanée Conti’s Romanée-Saint-Vivant 2009 direct from the Domaine’s cellars, combined with a 2-night luxury experience at the magnificent Maybourne Riviera Hotel in the Côte d’Azur complete with its outstanding restaurants under the creative direction of Chef Mauro Colagreco (Mirazur, 3-star Michelin) and global super-chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten for 2 guests.
Estimate: £30,000++
MAISON KRUG, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE
Ultimate 1-night Krug Experience: Collection of 3-litres (Jeroboams) of Krug Grande Cuvee, Krug Rosé, Krug Vintage 2000 and Krug Vintage 2003 (4 in total); VIP tour, tasting and fine wine dinner featuring all of Krug’s wines at the Maison hosted by Olivier Krug, with an overnight stay at Hotel & 3-Michelin Star Restaurant L’Assiette Champenoise in Reims for 4 guests.
Estimate: £30,000+
DOM PÉRIGNON, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE
The Home of Champagne Experience: An incredible collection of three 1.5-litres (Magnums) of Dom Pérignon Plenitude 3 (P3s): P3 1976, P3 1983 & P3 Rose 1988; VIP tour, vineyard visit, tasting of multiple vintages of Dom Pérignon and fine wine lunch crafted by in-house Chef, Marco Fadiga, and hosted by Vincent Chaperon, Chef de Cave, in Hautvillers, the home of Dom Pérignon for 6 guests.
Estimate: £30,000+
LEWIS CHESTER DIPWSET, COLLECTOR LOT
Lewis Chester DipWSET, CEO of Liquid Icons, founder of The Golden Vines® and Honorary President of the Gérard Basset Foundation: 1.5-litre (Magnum) of Dom Pérignon P2 2000; 2x VIP Tickets to The Golden Vines Paris 13-16 October 2023, including entry to The Golden Vines® Winners Dinner open only to Golden Vines® Award Winners, donors of the wines for Golden Vines® Paris, Golden Vines® Scholarship winners and sponsors. Additionally, a private dinner at Oswald’s Private Members Club in Mayfair, London featuring the wines of Dom Pérignon: P1, P2 and P3, plus a bottle of Richard Hennessy Cognac hosted by Lewis Chester for 6 guests.
Estimate: £25,000++
HARLAN ESTATE, NAPA VALLEY, USA
Napa Valley Experience at iconic winery: 3-litre (Double Magnum) of Harlan Estate 2016, signed by founder, H. William Harlan; VIP tour, tasting, and fine wine lunch at the estate hosted by Don Weaver for 6 guests.
Estimate: £25,000++
JAMES FINKEL, COLLECTOR LOT
New York-based fine wine collector, James Finkel, known for his collection of old & rare fine wines: tasting & 4-course dinner at the University Club of New York featuring an incredible collection of rare beauties: Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises 1981; Château Haut-Brion Blanc 1982 & 1996; Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 1990; Emmanuel Rouget Vosne Romanée Cros Parantoux 1990; and Château d’Yquem 1983, hosted by James Finkel for 6 guests.
Estimate: £25,000++
STRAUSS & CO, SOUTH AFRICA
Ultimate 2-night South African Experience from leading auction house, Strauss & Co: Cases from each of Alheit Vineyards Collectors 2017 (12 bottles), Sadie Family Columella vertical 2000-2011 (12 bottles), Vilafonte Series C 2005 (6 bottles), and Vilafonte Series M 2005 (6 bottles) all signed by the winemakers; 2-night stay in the exclusive Private Villa at Grootbos Nature Reserve 5-star luxury eco-reserve (voted Conde Nast Best Hotel in South Africa) with tasting & paired gourmet dinner hosted by the three owners of Alheit, Sadie Family & Vilafonte wineries, and Higgo Jacobs and Roland Peens from Strauss & Co; second dinner hosted by Strauss & Co in either Johannesburg or Cape Town at a contemporary art gallery with established and rising artists in attendance to introduce the South African art scene hosted by Michael Lutzeyer, the owner of Grootbos, for 8 guests.
Estimate: £25,000+
MOËT & CHANDON, CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE
Ultime Moët & Chandon Experience: unique collection of 8 x 1.5-litre (Magnums) of Grand Vintage Collection spanning 1990 to 2008, each personally selected by Chef de Cave, Benoit Gouez; VIP cellar tour, bespoke Moët tasting and gourmet lunch hosted by Benoit Gouez at the prestigious Moët & Chandon Château on the Saran estate, with walk to vineyards, for 8 guests.
Estimate: £25,000+
DOMAINE DENIS MORTET, BURGUNDY, FRANCE
Gevrey-Chambertin Experience: 3-litre (Jeroboam), a bottle format that has never been available to purchase, from the personal cellar reserve, the Domaine’s majestic Chambertin Grand Cru from the incredible 2010 vintage signed by owner, Arnaud Mortet: VIP tour, tasting and fine wine lunch at Michelin-star restaurant in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin hosted by Arnaud Mortet for 6 guests.
Estimate: £20,000++
HENNESSY, COGNAC, FRANCE
Ultimate 1-night Cognac Experience: extremely rare collector’s bottle (1 of 60 produced) Edition Particuliere No. 5 blended from the rarest and oldest (more than 100 years’ old) cognacs aged in demijohns in the Founder’s cellar in order to retain finesse and bouquet; VIP tour, tasting, visit to the cellars, lunch & dinner and 1-night stay at the beautiful Maison Hennessy in Cognac for 4 guests.
Estimate: £20,000++
CHÂTEAU COS D’ESTOURNEL, BORDEAUX, FRANCE
Be a King for a day and a night: 6-litre (Imperial) bottle of Cos d’Estournel 2014 signed by winemaker, Dominique Arangoits; plus VIP tour, tasting, dinner and one night stay at La Chartreuse de Cos d’Estournel, the truly magnificent private residence of owner Michel Reybier and his family (indoor & outdoor pool, spa, massage room, private cellar), which is yours for a day and a night for 6 guests.
Estimate: £20,000++
SCREAMING EAGLE, NAPA VALLEY, USA
Napa’s legendary producer: 1.5-litre bottles (Magnums) of Merlot-based Screaming Eagle Second Flight 2014, Screaming Eagle The Flight 2015 & Screaming Eagle The Flight 2016 signed by winemaker, Nick Gislason; 4-course fine wine dinner at The McClelland House hotel in downtown Napa from Michelinstar chef, Robert Sulatycky, to be hosted by one of the team from Screaming Eagle for 6 guests.
Estimate: £20,000+
LIST OF ALL AUCTION LOT DONORS (by country)
France
Château Cheval Blanc
Château Cos d’Estournel
Liber Pater
Château d’Yquem
Château Leoville Barton
Chateau Montrose
Château Lynch-Bages
Château Angelus
Château La Conseillante
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Château Pichon Longueville au Baron
Château Le Dome
Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot
Maison Joseph Drouhin
Domaine Dujac
Domaine des Lambrays
Domaine Laroche / Maison Champy
Domaine Jean-Marc Millot
Domaine Georges Noëllat
Domaine Baron Thénard
Domaine Arlaud
Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
Domaine Bonneau du Martray
Clos de Tart
Domaine Denis Mortet
Domaine de la Romanée Conti
Domaine Henri Gouges
Domaine Leflaive
Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat
Domaine Duroché
Château de la Tour
Domaine Drouhin-Laroze
Boërl & Kroff
Charles Heidsieck
Dom Pérignon
Dom Ruinart
Krug
Moët & Chandon
Rare Champagne
Billecart-Salmon
Salon & Delamotte
Taittinger
Veuve Clicquot
Frerejean Frères
F E Trimbach
Domaine Jamet
Hennessy Cognac
Italy
Biondi-Santi
Castiglion del Bosco
Gaja
Luca Roagna
Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia)
Emidio Pepe
Marchesi Antinori
Marchesi Frescobaldi
Bibi Graetz
Casanova di Neri
Querciabella
Il Marroneto
Spain
Terra Dominicata
Pingus
Recaredo Cava
Abadia Retuerta
Bodega Miguel Torres
Gonzalez Byass
Alvaro Palacios
Marques de Murrieta
Portugal
Barca Velha / Casa Ferreirinha
Symington Family Estates
Taylor’s Port
Barbeito Madeira
Germany
Egon Müller
JJ Prüm
Eva Fricke (& 2-Star Michelin Chef, Andreas Krolik at Lafleur)
Switzerland
Weingut Donatsch
Hungary
Istvan Szepsy
Israel
Judean Hills Quartet
United Kingdom
Gusbourne Estate
Glenmorangie
The Macallan
USA
Colgin Cellars
Harlan Estate
Mayacamas
Opus One
Ridge Vineyards
Domaine de la Cote
Screaming Eagle
Chateau Potelle
Fantesca
Chile
Vinedo Chadwick
Casa Lapostolle
Vina Vik
Argentina
Bodega Cantena Zapata (& Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa)
Uruguay
Bodega Garzon
South Africa
Klein Constantia
4G Wines
Creation Wines
Strauss & Co
Australia
Penfolds
Japan
IWA Japan
Fine Wine Collector’s Lots
Jordi Orriol-Gils (UK)
David Fink, Joe & Nancy Schoendorf (USA)
Ian Mill KC (UK)
2-Star Michelin Chef Arkame (France)
Maybourne Riviera Hotel (France)
FlyWithMe Wine Luggage (USA)
Michael Hill-Smith MW, Shaw & Smith (Australia)
James Finkel (USA)
Pierre Cavin, Cavin Tonnellerie (France)
Lewis Chester DipWSET (UK)
*The Golden Vines® Auction is a global online auction in which anyone in the world can bid via an eCatalogue which can be requestednow and accessed from the 1st October using the following link: https://liquidicons.com/auction2022