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Approximate amount (in millions of US$) that the recent 162nd Hospices de Beaune wine auction brought in for 820 barrels of young Burgundy wine and brandy. According to the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne this was the highest value ever achieved at a charity wine auction. Burgundy prices have hit jaw-dropping new levels in the last year, effectively pricing the wines out of range for all but the wealthiest and well-connected billionaires.