Collectors eye ‘impossibly rare’ bottle of Hitler’s Bordeaux

Of all the possessions of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler snuck out of Germany by troops, few are considered as rare as a bottle of Bordeaux from his Berghof wine cellar.

One, a 1934 St. Emilion, has emerged, and World War II collectors are readying their bids for the bottle set for an online auction Wednesday at Alexander Historical Auctions of Elkton, Maryland.

Alexander President Bill Panagopulos called the relic “an impossibly rare item to obtain, a bottle of wine from Adolf Hitler’s personal wine cellar at his mountain retreat, the Berghof.”

Hitler’s wine bottle

Over nearly two decades, Secrets has covered the historically important auctions held by Panagopulos. They have often featured items slipped out of the Berghof by soldiers sent to the Bavarian Alps

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