Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A superlot of 55 bottles of every vintage of Domaine Romanee Conti (DRC) released between 1952 and 2007, with the exception of 1968 which was never released, are shown at an auction preview in Hong Kong December 7, 2011. The collection is regarded as the most important wine lot to be sold in 2011 anywhere in the world. This lot is expected to fetch between $600,000 and $800,000 in its Hong Kong sales on December 8 and 10, according to wine auctioneer Acker Merrall & Condit's media release. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY WEALTH BUSINESS)
French winegrower Jean Orliac tastes his wine at the Domaine ...
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:00:12 +0100 (AFP/File) - French winegrower Jean Orliac tastes his wine at the Domaine de l'Hortus, in Valflaunes, near Montpellier, birth of the French wine region: Pic Saint-Loup. Even the most casual wine drinkers know by name some of the more than 450 regions ? including Chablis, Champagne, Chateauneuf-du-Pape ? that mark the signature terroir of French wines.(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)
Sebastien Khoury tests a sample of his red wine at his "Domaine ...
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:10:21 +0200 (AFP/File) - Sebastien Khoury tests a sample of his red wine at his "Domaine Du Baal" winery in the city of Zahle of the Lebanese Bekaa Valley on August 2010. In the heart of the Bekaa Valley, a few miles from a temple dedicated to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, Lebanon's vineyards are in full bloom as the country edges into the global wine market.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)
Eli Gilbert Ben-Zaken, the founder of the Domaine du Castel ...
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:00:20 +0200 (AFP/File) - Eli Gilbert Ben-Zaken, the founder of the Domaine du Castel winery, is seen in next to the wine barrels in Ramat Haziel village in Jerusalem Mountains. The wines produced at Domaine Du Castel near Jerusalem have turned the world of Kosher wine on its head, winning accolades from around the world, and now this small, family-owned winery has set its sites on the broader market.(AFP/File/Menahem Kahana)