Looks like the UK is in dire troubles

[g-man]

http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/03/ ... st-growths

if 50k gbp can save the credit agency from downgrading the sovereign credit rating

[jdaw1]

Unconnected.

They instituted a policy about a decade ago of not owning nor serving super-expensive foreign wines. Fair enough.

[g-man]

Unconnected.

They instituted a policy about a decade ago of not owning nor serving super-expensive foreign wines. Fair enough.

so it'd be okay to server super expensive british wines?

question, are there any?

[djewesbury]

Unconnected.

They instituted a policy about a decade ago of not owning nor serving super-expensive foreign wines. Fair enough.

so it'd be okay to server super expensive british wines?

question, are there any?

We could argue that that is what this site is dedicated to... At least in part. Or in port.

[g-man]

name a british house that can command 10k$ a btl =)

[Alex Bridgeman]

Is this any different from what other owners of large stocks of wine do? Buy two cases of the wine you want to drink; drink one and sell one to fund the purchase of the next two cases of fine wine.

[djewesbury]

Is this any different from what other owners of large stocks of wine do? Buy two cases of the wine you want to drink; drink one and sell one to fund the purchase of the next two cases of fine wine.

Shame that doesn't work with port...

[Alex Bridgeman]

Is this any different from what other owners of large stocks of wine do? Buy two cases of the wine you want to drink; drink one and sell one to fund the purchase of the next two cases of fine wine.

Shame that doesn't work with port...

It does provided you don't drink or sell them too quickly.

For example, I bought Vesuvio 1994 on release @ £20 per bottle. I could sell today for about £40 per bottle and buy the 2011 vintage for about the same.

Yes, I know that this ignores storage costs, opportunity cost etc, but every little bit helps.

[DRT]

Unconnected.

They instituted a policy about a decade ago of not owning nor serving super-expensive foreign wines. Fair enough.

so it'd be okay to server super expensive british wines?

When a government is executing a strategy of austerity there are limited opportunities to open £5,000 bottles of wine without committing political suicide regardless of which country they were from.

...and if you really want to buy a bottle of something British that costs more than $10,000 it is likely to have been made from malt rather than grapes. Perhaps this?

[djewesbury]

if you really want to buy a bottle of something British that costs more than $10,000 it is likely to have been made from malt rather than grapes. Perhaps this?

funny. it says

none of the bottles were offered for public sale.

Instead, each bottle was gifted to public figures considered by the company to have made 'a significant contribution to modern life'. The list of those considered worthy of a bottle of this precious blend has remained secret.

So which ungrateful bum is offering theirs for sale??

[g-man]

haha apparently you can put a quantity of 200 in their purchase system.