Sotheby’s has unlocked the wine cellar of the famed Catalan eatery elBulli to auction more than 8,800 bottles of wine, many of which were produced exclusively for the restaurant, across two sales in April. The restaurant, which operated on Catalonia’s Costa Brava for more than 50 years before its 2011 closure, was revered internationally for its imaginative haute cuisine; under the chef Ferran Adrià, who served for 27 years, the venue was awarded three Michelin stars.
The highlight of the sales, which take pl…