Wine and collecting, the partnership between Gambero Rosso and Wannenes debuts in the auction market

Wine collecting is a growing business, not only for auctioneers, specialized or not but also for large food publishing groups. And so, if the partnership between Slow Food and Bolaffi is now well-established, for example, Gambero Rosso is now in the field, together with the auction house Wannenes, who have announced an agreement to organize auctions of fine and rare wines and spirits in Italy. The partnership combines, under the sign of quality, the expertise of Wannenes, an Italian auction house with offices in Milan, Genoa, Rome, and Monte Carlo, and the recognized authority in the field of Gambero Rosso (whose control is in the hands of the Class Group, ed.). The debut, with the first auction, will be on 24 October, in the Rome Gambero Rosso Wine Weeks, we read in an official note, also this event at its first edition. The catalog includes an important selection of bottles of international value, including famous labels such as Masseto, Ornellaia, Sassicaia, Barolo Monfortino, Quintarelli among Italians and Romanée Conti, Château Lafitte, Krug, Dom Perignon among the French.
“The partnership with Gambero Rosso - says Guido Wannenes, Ceo Wannenes - consolidates our strategy to combine traditional sales of works of art, a new segment dedicated to luxury goods: jewelry, wristwatches, classic & sports cars and now wine. This collaboration will be an opportunity to enhance Italian excellence”.
“Gambero Rosso has unparalleled know-how in the wine field, acquired in over 30 years of activity. Since the first edition of the Guida Vini d’Italia, Gambero Rosso has proved to be an authoritative point of reference for experts and enthusiasts of Italian wine - says Paolo Cuccia, president of Gambero Rosso - we are recognized worldwide as a spokesman for the excellent wines made in Italy, thanks to the Worldtour that annually reaches over 30 world capitals and allows experts, trade, and journalists to deepen and discover niches of Italian wine production. The partnership with the Wannenes Auction House represents a further contribution to the knowledge and diffusion of the best wines of our country”.
“A partnership between Wannenes and Gambero Rosso - comments Gelasio Gaetani d’Aragona, head of the Wannenes Department of Wine & Spirits - that will certainly become synonymous with a passionate synergy between selling and buying skills of wines and spirits, products of an art that is not only agronomic and oenological science, but a true story of a magical alchemy between the earth and man”.