The $1 Million Bottle of Tequila
As competition stiffens amongst producers of super premium liquors and spirits, the packages they come in have become more and more outrageous. Recently, the Guinness Book of World Records declared the most expensive bottle of liquor ever sold when a bottle of Tequila Ley .925 was sold in Mexico City for $225,000. It wasn't the nectar inside, Passion Azteca tequila, that warranted the astronomic price, but the 4.5 pounds of gold and platinum that the bottle was encased in. Tequila Ley is hoping to break the $1 million dollar mark by selling the same tequila in a diamond encrusted bottle. Here are some more amazing spirits with equally impressive bottles:
- $6,000 for Louis XIII Diamant "Edition Precieuse" with a large diamond in the center of the decanter.
- $5,500 for Hennessy Ellipse in handmade Baccarat decanters (only 2,000 were made).
- $4,000 for Martell L'Art de Martell in a decanter designed by French glassmaker Daum.
- Wyborowa Vodka's single estate bottle is designed by Frank Gehry and includes a shot glass in the shape of an ice cube that fits over the top.
I have included some really great websites below about liquors and spirits. There are so many great super-premium spirits out there, give them all a try. Happy Drinking.
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1 comments:
the diamond is in the stopper of the louis xiii diamant edition precieuse, and it retails for 40,000 not 6,000.
there were also only 100 bottles of ellipse, not 2000.
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