On February 20, 1673, the first recorded wine auction was held in England. 

While wine auctions started in Burgundy, soon they began to take place in London, England. On February 20, 1673, the first-ever wine auction was held at Garraway’s Coffee House, Change Alley in London. In 17th century England, most trades for commodities and shares took place in coffee houses.

The Change Alley was formerly known as Exchange Alley and later became the London Stock Exchange. Wine auctions in the 17th century were nothing like today. The auctions were held “to the candle.” While in the modern world, the highest bidder wins, in the 17th century, the last bidder standing when an inch-long candle burns out won the bid. 
How Wine Auctions Work and When They Started (thisdayinwinehistory.com)

To honour this event, we turn to Georgia – the cradle of winemaking!

The Cradle of Wine Making
The stamp shows a qvevri,  which was an egg-shaped clay vessel
used to ferment & store wine.
Georgia Post stamp issued July 11, 2007
Designer B. Gagnidze

The history of wine began in Neolithic times, and the clearest traces of viticulture have been found on the territory of Georgia. Several decades ago, archaeologists working among the ruins of the settlement of Dangreuli Gora in a valley close to Marneuli (a town in the Lower Kartli region south of Tbilisi) uncovered a great number of grape pips from the VIth millennium B.C. whose morphological and ampelographical characteristics were identical to those of vitis vinifera sativa. More recently, in 2006 and 2007, renewed excavations of Gadachrili Gora settlement not only uncovered many more grape pips from the Neolithic but have also examined a multitude of fragments of clay vessels – further evidence of the presence of wine. A chemical analysis of the clay vessels revealed deposits of calcium salts characteristic of tartaric (wine) acid. 
THE HISTORY OF GEORGIAN WINE | Marani (vinoge.com)

Georgia’s Ancient Wine Culture has Lasting Relevance | Wine Enthusiast Magazine