Think about the most expensive object you have in your house right now. A computer, your phone, maybe even your car? I bet none of them match this bottle of wine.
A singular bottle of wine has just sold for $812,500 at auction. Yes, you read that right. Almost $1 million. For a single bottle of wine!
As reported by the New York Post, the wine was a 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. It was sold at the La Paulée auction, an annual auction ran by Acker.
Acker is America's largest wine auction house, as well as America's oldest wine merchant. It is located on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
The sale of this wine broke the former world record by almost $300,000. The previous record was funnily enough set by the same wine, a 1945 Domaine. However, it (only?) sold for $558,000.
An Acker representative said the sale "cements the 1945 vintage as the most coveted bottle in the history of wine collecting." I do have to wonder, though. Does it even taste good?
John Kapon, the chairman of Acker, seems to think so. "We made history this weekend," he said. "I've had the privilege of tasting the 1945 Romanée-Conti just three times in my life, and it is the greatest... I've ever tasted."
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The Most Expensive Whiskey Is Just As Crazy
But, if you're anything like me, wine isn't too much your speed. You want something a little more... powerful.
But it turns out that the whiskey market is even more crazy. The most expensive bottle of whiskey goes for a little over $6.2 million. But, according to Lux Habitat, that's mostly because of the decanter.
The thing about the Isabella's Islay is that it's not just the whiskey that's expensive. While they describe it as "one of the finest ever", and the "epitome of luxury scotch whiskey", the expensive part is the decanter. It's fully encrusted with diamonds, all the way round. It features 8,500 diamonds, 300 rubies, and white gold. But, some would say that's cheating.
Either way, both of these crazy drinks are above most of our price ranges. But what's wrong with a little window shopping, right?
