Hi,
I saw recently at Blomquist auction there were three bottles of ch.malescasse 2003 to bid on, is this normal as one could purchase this wine at the Vinmonopolet for kr.220.
I feel sorry for the person that won this wine paying kr.830 plus 20% commission and without any warranty that the wine is at it's best quality.
SV: Vinmonopolet / Blomquist wine auction
Hi sunshine,
I have to say I agree with you. Since we are the only legal way to sell wine between private customers, we sometimes have to auction wines that are currently available at Vinmonopolet. In those cases we normally give the same valuation as the VMP price, or slightly less. It would be strange if we valued the wine much lower than the price we sell it for, but we do recommend the owner to set a lower minimum price. In this case we knew the cellar these wines came from very well, so we felt confident that it was well taken care of.
Also this time, we saw that some bidders had not done proper research and got carried away in the heat of the moment. This is not something we wish for, but it happens. Hopefully this is a mistake one only does once.
Best regards,
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