Fine and Rare Wine

Offered in a live auction during New York Luxury Week on 5 June at Rockefeller Center, The Exceptional Private Cellar of a Silicon Valley Pioneer is a remarkable single‑owner collection assembled over more than five decades.

Formed by a pioneering Silicon Valley engineer who began collecting in the mid‑1960s, the cellar reflects a lifetime of connoisseurship.

The collection spans the world’s great wine regions and includes full cases of all the First Growths from the celebrated 1990 vintage, rare Right Bank Bordeaux from Petrus and Château Lafleur, and outstanding Burgundy from Domaine de la Romanée‑Conti, Domaine Georges Roumier, Domaine Armand Rousseau and Domaine Méo‑Camuzet and many other great producers.

Further highlights include a full, unopened case of 1989 Gentaz‑Dervieux Côte‑Rôtie Côte Brune Cuvée Réservée, Italian masterpieces from Bruno Giacosa and Giuseppe Rinaldi, and an extraordinary selection of mature Californian icons, including Heitz Wine Cellars, Ridge Vineyards, Inglenook, Mayacamas Vineyards, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars and Freemark Abbey.

The sale concludes with rare bottles of Van Winkle Special Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey 19‑Years‑Old, bottled for Corti Brothers.