Wednesday, June 8, 2011

 Most expensive bottle of Red Burgundy: Christie's sets world record

GENEVA, Switzerland -- During an auction at Christie's Geneva a private American buyer bid US$123889 (€87815) for a single 75cl (750 mL) bottle of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1945 - setting the new world record for the Most expensive bottle of Red Burgundy .

  Photo: A bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti red burgundy wine went for $123889 — the most ever paid at auction for a 75-centiliter bottle. ( enlarge photo )

  The Guinness world record for the most expensive bottle of wine sold at auction is £192,000 ($304,375), which was paid for a bottle of 1947 French Cheval-Blanc, and sold at Christie's, Geneva, Switzerland.

Guinness World Records also recognized The largest bottle of wine, which measured 2.6 m (8 ft 6.36 in) tall and 0.62 m (2 ft 0.41 in) in diameter and was achieved by Pro Loco Dolegna del Collio in Dolegna del Collio, Italy.

  Other top wines at the auction drew bidders from Asia, Russia and Europe as well as from the United States, Christie's spokesman Cristiano De Lorenzo told Decanter.com – driving up total auction sales to $3.4m, an 80% increase year on year auction, he said.

  Other notable sales included a 12-bottle case of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982, sold to a French company for US$67,813 and six bottles of Romanée-Conti 1999, purchased by a Swiss company for US$84,766.

   Unfortunately, the house failed to sell its showcase lot of the auction — 315 bottles representing every vintage from '45 to '07 produced by each of the first five growths of Bordeaux.

Related world records:   
Most expenisve bottle of wine: Cheval Blanc 1947

Oldest Winery: 6000-year-old winery

Largest wine flute: Ontario icewine makers

Largest glass of wine: Lebanon

Largest wine bottle: Wang Chen Wines

Wednesday, June 8, 2011