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Money: Four Figure Bottles of Wine!
Posted August 2, 2008 6:20 AM
Recently the Wall Street Journal Online had an interesting article about the astronomical prices of a newly released 2005 Chateau Latour. They noted that you could buy roughly 170 shares of General Motors stock for the same price as a single bottle of this wine. Of course, why would you want to do that? But seriously, $1,950 for a bottle of 2005 wine? Isn't the idea that the older the wine, the more expensive it gets? 2005 wasn't that long ago. I know this because my 2005 Subaru still has that new car smell, and only has 32,000 miles on it. Incidentally my Subie is worth far less than a case of this stuff! We are a gifts for guys blog, yet we're afraid to even taste the wine, much less recommend it.
Well, we also understand that during this strong economic downturn, that there are still enough people out there for which money is no object. For those who have mad funds, it simply becomes a supply and demand issue. On top of that, we applaud anyone who has the chutzpa to charge nearly $2,000 for a bottle of wine. I liken that to the guy who charged my daughter $12 for a cotton candy at the circus last weekend. Hell, at least they went for the throat! I nearly choked as I forked over the money. If you're thinking about charging a grand for a bottle of wine, why not make it two grand? Makes sense to me. If you're going to charge five bucks for a cotton candy that cost a quarter to make, let's make it an even twelve dollars. Why not? Heck, I told the guy he should just charge an even twenty and cut out the eight dollars in pesky change.
At the very least, if one is going to charge that much for a single bottle of wine, we'd like to suggest you visit our Guyville gifts for men Store and keep that bottle safe with our Personalized Sedona Leather Connoisseur Wine Carrier. That will really sell the "holy cow that must be an expensive bottle" tale. PS...it will work for a ten dollar bottle too!
