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The 2025 Golden Vines® Online Auction will be open from or after 09.00am EST, Monday, 20 October 2025 to 23.59pm EST Sunday, 9 November 2025 for all fine wine lovers globally.

All of the auction lots include principally large formats of the Grands Vins coming directly from the cellars of the most highly-regarded fine wine estates in the Northern & Southern Hemisphere, together with a ‘money can’t buy’ experience. The experiential element will typically include a private tour, tasting, and fine wine lunch or dinner with the owners and/or head winemaker of the estate for between 6 to 10 people. In some instances, it will also include a stay at the estate where they can accommodate guests.

Although many fine wine lovers and collectors can afford to buy the very best fine wines – although not always with impeccable provenance – it is impossible to buy an experience of being hosted by the owner and/or head winemaker at the estate itself.

Just as with prior years, The 2025 Golden Vines® Auction raised funds for the Gérard Basset Foundation to fund a range of global diversity-related education programmes in wine, spirits & hospitality, including the Taylor's Port Golden Vines® Diversity Scholarship, Internship & Mentorship Programmes, and other Golden Vines® diversity & inclusion-focused scholarship programmes.