This “torpedo” (as some call the oversized bottles) sold for $3,883, a stratospheric price for an Israeli wine. Another double magnum, this one of Barons de Rothschild Bordeaux vintage 1989 ...

In 2006, Atlanta wine collector Julian LeCraw Jr. paid $91,400 for a single bottle of 1787 Château d’Yquem, at the time the most ever for a white wine. That purchase, while stunning, was ...

The bottles come from the cellar of Pierre Chen, a major art collector who's currently sponsoring a show at Tate Modern. Pierre Chen's Domaine de la Romaneé-Conti La Tâche 1971 (estimate ...