Hart Davis Hart, a Chicago-based wine auction house, just released it's half-year financial information. We knew wine buyers had money - what we didn't know is that their finances apparently are unaffected by bad economic times. This year, since January, HDH has sold 23 MILLION dollars worth of wine - up 45% from that period last year. Whoa. more ›

Local fine wine broker/auctioneer Hart Davis Hart is, at this moment, auctioning off the Fox Collection. The collection is both the largest single-owner collection ever to be sold in Chicago and the largest collection of Lafite Rothschild ever offered at auction. The auction runs through tomorrow and a live audio stream is running here (Internet Explorer only, WTF?). more ›