Georgia Uncorks the Value of Stalin’s 40,000-Bottle Wine Collection
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In the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, the wine cellar was opened by Joseph Stalin. Part of the collection comes from the possession of Tsar Alexander III and his son Nicholas II.
Thousands of bottles will go off the hammer.
In order to finance a school of oenology, the Georgian government opened the historic wine cellar of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin for an auction. At the key, 40,000 rare bottles, some from the most prestigious Bordeaux estates.
In the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, 40,000 ancient wines are said to come under the hammer. The noble wines from the 19th century had once been bought by the tsars, later dictator Josef Stalin guarded the treasure.
Wine connoisseurs and collectors are currently eagerly looking to Georgia, the birthplace of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin (1878-1953). The government in Georgia has opened the dictator's former wine cellar, which is to be auctioned at around 40,000 bottles.
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