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The Great Divide

At fine-wine auctions, rare wines continue to outdistance everyday bottlings

By Peter D. Meltzer

Early spring and late winter auctions demonstrated how the gap between the uncommon and the ordinary continues to grow. At one end are the trophy wines, such as a six-magnum lot of DRC Romanée-Conti.....

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