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Royal Tokaji Wine Dinner

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Fans of Hungarian Tokaji wine will have a rare opportunity on May 21. Royal Tokaji Wine Company will hold its first-ever vintner dinner in the U.S. on May 21, 2006, at the Pebble Beach Resort. The dinner will take place at the Casa Palmero Resort and will be attended by Royal Tokaji Wine Company's founding partner, Ben Howkins of the United Kingdom. The seven-course meal by Club XIX Chef de Cuisine Lisa Nakamura will be paired with six wines from Royal Tokaji but the real treat comes when each guest is served spoonful of the Royal Tokaji Essencia 1999, which sells for $500 per 500ml bottle. Beginning with the 1999 vintage, each bottle of Royal Tokaji Essencia has come with one crystal sipping spoon which bestows a neat 33 sips from the dessert wine. The wine has been described as being so different from other wines that it is like seeing a new primary color. Guests on May 21 will be given an engraved sipping spoon as a keepsake. The meal is limited to 35 guests and costs $195 per person. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis by calling Stefanie Brand at (831) 622-8761.

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$10 Million Wine Cellar Goes Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Decanter reports on the auction of a $10 million wine cellar being sold through Acker, Merrall & Condit. The sale on January 27-28 will take place at Cru in New York and is reputed to be the greatest collection in America. The owner has not been revealed. The 1,792 lot auction includes lots such as a case of Armand Rousseau 1962 Chambertin estimated at $50,000-$70,000, a case of 1947 Château Lafleur offered at $60,000-$80,000 and a bottle of Georges Roumier's 1929 Bonnes Mares will got for $6,000-$8,000. Acker, Merrall & Condit have a downloadable catalog on their website with all the details on this treasure trove for wine connoisseurs.

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