237-year-old bottle of wine fetches record price
237-year-old bottle of wine fetches record price
Feb 5, 2011 6
An amateur wine group has paid a record $77,000 for a 237-year-old bottle of wine from France's eastern Jura region at a local wine festival auction.
"Finally, yellow wine has hit the big leagues," said wine festival founder Bernard Badoz of Jura's trademark beverage.
"To sell a bottle for 57,000 euros [$77,000] is not crazy," he said of the 1773 bottle that came from a Louis XV-era vine and grapes harvested during the reign of Louis XVI.
Swiss aficionado Pierre Chevrier, who bought the bottle on behalf of an amateur wine group, did not appear stunned by the price.
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