HONG KONG.- Acker Merrall & Condit, the World’s leading wine auctioneer and America’s oldest fine wine merchant, will hold its first 2012 Hong Kong sale on 13 & 14 January at Island Shangri-La and Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. A total of 992 lots of top quality wines, estimated at over HK$80 million/ US$10 million, will be offered in the sale, including a number of world-class collections featuring finest Burgundy, Bordeaux and Californian wines. John Kapon, CEO of Acker Merrall & Condit Companies, said, “In 2011, Acker became the first wine auction house in history to break US$100 million in annual global sales. In fact, with 2011 revenues over US$110 million, Acker has achieved a global Triple Crown — #1 in Asia, #1 in America, and #1 in the World. Our November Hong Kong auction, featuring Don Stott’s amazing collection of Burgundy and hailed as the “Greatest Burgundy Sale in the World”, was the largest auc