Vintage Wine,What is the most expensive widely available
vintage champagne
non vintage champagne
vintage wine
non vintage wine
and what is the most expensive widely available spirits such as
Whisky
Tequila
Vodka
Brandy
and all other spirits you can think off
By most widely available I mean available at retail and by most expensive I mean in terms of money, and it is in the uk I as wondering, many thanks
Matt R // May 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm
I cant speak to all of these, but in reference to the whisky, I can say there are quite a few good bourbon’s in particular Pappy Van Winkle comes to mind, I have the 23 year and it’ll run 250-300 a bottle. This is for a same year release, If you bought an older vintage I would say it could cost more. I think speaking retail would be a better point of argument, because when something becomes collectible like a 64 la tour well then were talking auctions, and all sorts of prices variation, I mean there is no way to say what something is worth other than measuring it by what someone is willing to pay for it. Now when you say widely available I assume that to mean retail basically, or at least retail through the net, this being said most of the really good brands of spirits are hard to get internationally, well thats not completely true but in alot of cases in can be. I’ve never seen a bottle of Pappy van Winkle in europe, then again I’ve been to scotland, and you can’t touch a bottle of decent scotch for the price they ask for it over there, but here in the states it’s generally a way better deal. The brits tax the heck out of spirits forcing all the people to drink ale, and lager it seems. I think maybe you need to re-phraze your question. Should we include port or madiera, sake, there are a ton of alcohols in the world, cachasa, rum, I mean, and what is widely available, the net, the states…I guess the question just seems to broad to me to offer alot of info.
Tom P // May 5, 2011 at 12:38 pm
This is unanswerable.
It depends on where you are, what you regard as worth drinking, what you regard as expensive. For example, vintage champagnes are declared only when the estate thinks it’s had a good year. You may disagree.
Equally, vodka in Russia ia about $ 5.00 a litre for stuff we’ve heard of – Smirnoff, but scotch is about $ 150 a litre.
Too many variables.