Auction introduction: Open for online bidding on Tuesday 2 December at 10:00 AM CET and culminate with a live auction on Monday 16 December at 13:00 CET Sotheby’s is honoured to present The Magnificent Cellars of Willy Michiels | A Passion for Collecting, Day 1 one of the most comprehensive private wine collections ever assembled. Recently removed from the family’s magnificent Renaissance château — a property surrounded by its original moat — the wines were kept across seven grand vaulted cellars, meticulously restored and purpose-built beneath the château to ensure perfect natural conditions of temperature and humidity. The result is one of the most comprehensive private collections ever assembled: a true liquid encyclopaedia of the greatest Bordeaux and Burgundy.