Andrew Lloyd Webber Wine Auction Raises More Than £500,000 for Charity

Decanter reports that Christie’s charity auction of rare wines from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cellar raised £517,910 for The Music in Secondary Schools Trust, with every lot sold and hammer proceeds going to a programme providing instruments, tuition and classical music education in schools. Highlights included a Château Margaux 1900 that sold for £35,000 and three bottles of Romanée-Conti Grand Cru 2005 that sold for £56,250 including buyer’s premium.