Ch Latour sale, Christie's, London 22 May 2003

You may think this is not the most propitious time to be selling off the family jewels but François Pinault and team at Ch Latour have decided to sell a fraction of the contents of the cellars of this great Pauillac first growth with three similar but different sales at Christie's in London, New York (October) and Los Angeles (soon afterwards).

The first sale takes place in London on 22 May (same time as the London Wine Trade Fair, as it happens – find out more on www.londonwinefair.com). President of Ch Latour Frédéric Engerer was in London recently at...