What was the most expensive bottle of wine?

Ah haa. It is French, it is old and it is definitely out of my price range.

As of 2010, the most expensive bottle ever sold, caught a $233,972 US price tag for a single 750ml bottle at auction. A nice drop of Château Lafite Rothschild from the spritely year of 1869.

With fakes a thorn in the side of the auction industry, I sure hope they could verify this one somehow. Money and prestige seem to be great reasons to commit fraud for many people.

A friend at a fine wine store in Berlin shared a very cunning ploy used by a customer to land 2 bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild 2005 for the price of one. The customer had purchased one bottle, and returned it the next day complaining that it was corked. Pertaining to their philosophy, the open wine was judged to be in fact tainted and replaced with another bottle by the duty manager.

Once the customer had left, the fine wine manager arrived later that day in the store, thought there was something fishy about the story and wasn’t that happy letting go a 1000€ bottle. He poured himself a glass and found the wine was in fact corked, but not a bordeaux and definitely not a top wine.

The customer enjoyed the wine, filled the bottle with a second rate corked wine and got another to put back in his cellar.What’s bothering is that this guy had enough money to spend €1000 on a bottle of wine, but that wasn’t enough. One thing is for sure, he won’t be getting a warm reception if he ever returns to that shop.