Bordeaux 2000 – a chance to restock

A British captain of industry and his wife find themselves with a decided superfluity of 2000 red bordeaux and are selling off more than 40,000 bottles (well over 3,000 cases) of it at Christie’s: at 3pm on Monday 15 Sep at Christie’s, South Kensington, London SW7 and at 10.30am on 18 Sep 2008 at Christie’s, King Street, London SW1.As a result, Christie’s have been holding pre-sale tastings in Hong Kong, Paris and London, and in New York this Saturday. The following wines were chosen for last night’s London evening tasting because they’re available in considerable quantity and ‘in order to keep...