Articles from Acker

Acker, America's oldest wine merchant and the world's largest fine wine auction house, will present a distinguished selection of 595 lots led by the private family collection of Lewis Chester DipWSET as a centerpiece of its three-day Birthday Auction, taking place November 19–21. The wider auction will feature more than 3,400 lots, with an aggregate estimate exceeding $20 million. Chester's collection will go under the hammer on Thursday, November 19, at 3:30pm ET, coinciding with Acker's BYO “Birthday” Bash & Bidding Party in New York City, which will also celebrate Chairman John Kapon's 55th birthday.

Acker, the world’s largest fine wine auction house and America’s oldest wine merchant, set a new world record in fine wine when a single 750 ml bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti—originally sourced from the personal cellar of Robert Drouhin—sold for $812,500 at Acker’s La Paulée auction this past weekend. The sale surpasses the previous world record of $558,000 set in 2018, cementing the 1945 vintage as the most coveted bottle in the history of wine collecting.