Welland Wine Collection Goes on Sale at Wally’s New York

An auction of almost 100,000 bottles of wine valued at $15 million from the collection of Roy Welland, former owner of Manhattan restaurant Cru, started in New York today and concludes in Los Angeles in November.

The sale, including choice Burgundies and more than 750 cases of Chablis, comprises a two-day auction in New York today and tomorrow and a second sale in Beverly Hills scheduled for Nov. 21 and Nov. 22, according to the website of auctioneer Wally’s.