Wine Fact Wednesday: Issue No 3

April 8, 2010

What is the most expensive bottle of wine in the world?

Chateau Lafite 1787

The bottle of wine that fetched the highest ever price was Chateau Lafite, 1787. It fetched a price of $160,000 at Christie’s London in 1985. The wine was bought for Forbes collection. The specialty of the bottle is that it bears Thomas Jefferson’s initials etched on the glass.

More on this wine and a claim on it authenticity here.

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