Comin around again… Over R56K bid for Vin de Constance ’86
NOT A RECORD price for the 1986 Vin de Constance, but pretty darn close! The R56K+ (US$3098) fetched for a bottle during the August ’24 Cape Heritage Auction conducted by […]
Savage red blend outdoes Sadie’s in auction of 10-year-olds
STRAUSS & Co’s wine department was happy with the results of their timed online ‘2014 Vintage’ auction that came to a close on 11 March ’24. Consultant Roland Peens, director […]
Sadie Family in the limelight again, and again, and again…
AS IF it had been stage-managed! Just over a week after The Sadie Family was lauded for the umpteenth time as South Africa’s top cellar in the 2024 edition of […]
Sadie Family and Alheit dominate the bidding once again
HIGHLIGHTS of the Chenin & Pinotage online sale by South African auction house Strauss & Co on 11 September ’23 – wines that fetched over R2000 a bottle on the day: […]
Sadie’s white blend Palladius fetches top price on auction
SA HIGHLIGHTS of the Strauss & Co Wine Auction held mid-May 2023. Billed merely as the private collection of a single owner, the online sale included wines from around the […]
Auction bidder pays over R44K for a bottle of mysterious Cab
R44 555 was the second-highest price paid to date for a rare bottle of the GS Cabernet 1966 – the highest being R91 040 in 2021 – and/but no other South […]
Alheit outguns other top young winemakers at Strauss auction
IT WAS ‘all’ about Alheit at Strauss & Co’s ‘Young Guns’ wine auction. Well, Crystallum got a look-in with their Pinot Noir, but otherwise the attention of the big spenders […]
10-year-old Mullineux hits sweet spot at Strauss auction
RATHER IMPRESSIVE! At the sale of 10-year-old wines by the South African auction house Strauss & Co, somebody paid over R4000 for a bottle of dessert wine from Andrea and […]
New record! Highest price paid for any young South African wine
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! Just after a case of Alheit’s 2017 Radio Lazarus sold for R34 140, i.e. R5690pb, a single bottle of the 2018 vintage sold for R25 […]
Alheit, Sadie and Kanonkop again what bidders wanted most, although…
STRAUSS & Co’s 2021 ‘Cape Heritage’ Fine Wine Auction focused on Chenin Blanc and Pinotage. The online sale also listed red and white blends, including a rare old beauty regarded […]
Auction Roundup: SA wines most in demand under the hammer in 2020
THE FOLLOWING fine wines of the Cape fetched the highest prices at various auctions over the past 12 months or so – all attracting bids of more than R5000 a […]
Top prices paid for Kirsten, Porseleinberg, Sugarland, Magnetic North …
IN THE WORDS of auctioneers Strauss & Co, reflecting on their September 2020 online sale of beauties produced by South African Young Guns: “Notable highlights from the fine-wine session included […]