BEAUNE, SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2025 – Today, at the historic Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction in Burgundy, record levels of global participation drove the final total to €18,754,670 / $21,496,368 (an aggregate of €20,223,043 / $23,509,670) – the third highest in the auction’s history.* The centrepiece of the auction was a unique barrel of Pommard Premier Cru Les Rugiens, selected as this year’s Pièce des Présidents (Presidents’ Barrel) and generously donated by the Hospices Civils de Beaune to raise funds for two charities of its choosing. Cédric Klapisch, Vincent Lacoste, Alice Taglioni and Martin Solveig – luminaries from France’s film and music industries and ambassadors for the EHCO association and the Robert-Debré Children’s Brain Institute** – joined Sotheby’s auctioneer Aurélie Vandevoorde to spur bidding among the 700 attendees in the Halle de Beaune, delighting the crowd with humour and heartfelt encouragement. When the final hammer came down some twenty minutes later, the price had reached €400,000 – an auction record for a 228 litre Premier Cru Pièce des Présidents.***
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