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July 28, 2011

World Record: A Bottle of Wine Sold for $117,000!

A 200-year-old vintage from Bordeaux set a new world record when it was sold on Tuesday for $117,000
The 1811 Chateau d'Yquem, once likened to “liquefied crème brûlée" by American wine critic Robert Parker, is now the most valuable bottle of white wine in the world. The wine that was previously the priciest came from the same Bordeaux chateau: a bottle of 1787 Chateau d'Yquem, sold for $100,000 in 2006. The bottle of wine will be stored and displayed at Christian Vanneque's wine bar in Indonesia behind bullet proof glass.

 

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(The proud owner Christian Vanneque, a french wine collector, his valuable bottle of wine.)


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Posted at 05:09 PM in Current Affairs, Food and Drink |

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