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No surprises at Strauss & Co’s ‘Bordeaux Auction’

IT WAS A tussle between Meerlust and Kanonkop for the highest price fetched by South African wine at Strauss & Co’s ‘Bordeaux Auction’ conducted online mid-April 2024 – R4885pb paid for both a Meerlust Rubicon from the 1980s and a Kanonkop Paul Sauer not yet 10 years old. As for the French wines on sale, the most-in-demand included the reds

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Over R30K a bottle! GS Cab again fetches stupendous price on auction

THE LAST Strauss & Co Fine Wine Online Auction in 2020 comprised a sale of ultra rare Bordeaux, beginning with Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style red blends from the Cape and finishing with some of the best from France. Top price paid for a South African beauty was R32 830 for a single bottle of 1966 GS Cabernet – not far

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