Sale Overview
Christie’s Wine Dept. in America are delighted to present our first auction of 2026 Fine and Rare Wines & Spirits Featuring a Library Collection of Screaming Eagle: New York Edition Online. Featuring classic Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Rhône alongside exceptional wines from the Napa Valley. This sale also marks our return to the spirits market with deep offerings from the major Scottish distilleries, multiple lots of Bourbon and rare bottles of Cognac.
Leading the sale are three major collections: a superb private collection of Bordeaux featuring full cases of mature wines from a range of classic vintages of the 1980’s including Château Margaux 1983, Haut-Brion and Cheval Blanc 1985 and Pomerol from Château Lafleur 1988 and Clinet 1989. We also highlight a superb collection of wines from the Domaine, multiple vintages of Romanée-Conti, La Tâche. Our final featured collection is an extraordinary range of Screaming Eagle; twenty-one vintages included in the sale. Elsewhere the sale features fine Rhône and Italian wines, alongside both mature and modern wines from Spain including seven vintages of Unico from Vega Sicilia.
The spirits section runs deep with both rarities and modern bottlings: featuring Macallan 1969 distillery bottlings, twelve rare offerings from the newly reopened Islay Port Ellen distillery alongside multiple lots of the cult and collectible Pappy Van Winkle. The sale concludes with rare cognacs including multiple bottles of Louis XIII from Rémy Martin.
Bidding opens on January 13 at 10am EST all lots are lying in our New York warehouse.
Kindly note, Christie’s may only ship wines to states where we have appropriate licenses and/or permits. We currently ship to New York, Florida, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. For shipments to other states and outside the United States, property will be released to a third-party shipper and New York City sales tax will be owed, unless Christie’s has a tax exemption on file for you as the buyer. Christie’s is pleased to offer our buyers consolidated shipping of wines to Hong Kong and London throughout the year.
Additionally, please note that all spirits are sold for collection or delivery within New York. For shipments to other states and outside the United States, property will be released to a third-party shipper and New York City sales tax will be owed, unless Christie’s has a tax exemption on file for you as the buyer.
Further information for wine and spirits are available in Christie’s Conditions of Sale.