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I'll Drink to That! Wine Talk

35: Michael Jessen

I'll Drink to That! Wine Talk

Levi Dalton

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2012

⏱️ 57 minutes

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At the time of this interview, Michael Jessen was the Managing Director of Zachys Wine Auctions.

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I'm Levy Dalton and this is all drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the wine business. Oh, you know, you know,

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and and h

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h h you you you Michael Jessin on the show today from Zaki's wine auctions. Hi Michael, how are you?

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Hi, I love it. Good to be here. Great to see you.

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You're just back from Hong Kong. How is the show? Great sale. We had one of the most

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interesting and most successful auctions that we've had in Hong Kong. Very unique sale that was

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Single Owner Collection, very dominated by Burgundy. we've had in Hong Kong. Very

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dominated by Burgundy and other unusual wines

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that aren't typically, we don't typically feature

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in Hong Kong.

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It was kind of a turning point, if you will,

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sort of a next step and it really underscored the kind

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of sewer base that's been developing there.

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So we saw prices that world record prices for a lot of wines.

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A lot of wines, especially more esoteric

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burgundies and roans and what have you that maybe a year a year and a half ago we

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