Le Gavroche: Wine valued at £12,000 per bottle to be auctioned

[Chippy_Tea]

Rare wines, vintage champagne and art from Michel Roux Jr's recently closed two Michelin-starred London restaurant Le Gavroche are to be auctioned.
The sale will also include porcelain, silver and decorative objects from the Mayfair restaurant.
Le Gavroche was founded by brothers Michel and Albert Roux in 1967, and in 1974 it became the first restaurant in the UK to earn a Michelin star.
It closed in January after more than half a century of service.
Roux Jr said he wanted to spend more time with his family and concentrate on other business ventures.

Roux Jr said the restaurant's wine cellar had been "lovingly curated for decades" and that the artwork was "of significance to the Roux family and familiar to everyone who has eaten at the restaurant since we first opened".
Famous chefs who have worked there include Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Monica Galetti.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68190979

 

[MashBag]

Sad to see the end of an era.

 

[Clint]

I'm not.

 

[Scrattajack]

I reckon a £12k wine would be a bit wasted on me. As would a £1.2k and a £120 bottle. I might risk £12 if it was a birthday or something.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I reckon a £12k wine would be a bit wasted on me. As would a £1.2k and a £120 bottle. I might risk £12 if it was a birthday or something.

Same here.

 

[An Ankoù]

Cheapskates!!
I've got a last half-case of my 1979 mushroom Riesling at 20K a bottle or 100K the lot, if anyone's interested. First come first served. No auction. When it's gone, it's gone.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I have a few bottles of vintage glycol Riesling in the man cave, must be worth 50k a bottle after all it is historic stuff