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That seems extremely cheap considering how much a Vesuvio 1989 costs now...uncle tom wrote:At a regular wine auction I would expect it so to fetch £180 - £240 + BP
Some crazy prices do get quoted, but I wouldn't pay more than £25/btl - given the lacklustre TNs..That seems extremely cheap considering how much a Vesuvio 1989 costs now...
Not true. I know a man who has one and is drinking his way through it. The value is in the box, not the port, as it is a beautiful piece of furniture in its own right.uncle tom wrote:This is one of those products that is so nicely done up, no-one wants to take a bottle out and drink it.
I don't think you will find Vesuvio 89 at that price ever again. The value of that port is now more related to it being very rare and the first of the modern Vesuvio era. The price is only going to go in one direction regardless of what it tastes like.Discussing Vesuvio 1989: uncle tom wrote:Some crazy prices do get quoted, but I wouldn't pay more than £25/btl - given the lacklustre TNs..
Can't the statement also be restated asDRT wrote:Not true. I know a man who has one and is drinking his way through it. The value is in the box, not the port, as it is a beautiful piece of furniture in its own right.uncle tom wrote:This is one of those products that is so nicely done up, no-one wants to take a bottle out and drink it.
Or, "100% of the people I know who have one of these are drinking their way through it."g-man wrote:Can't the statement also be restated as
"I know of only one man who has one and is drinking his way through it?"
but would the same be true if the statement wereDRT wrote:Or, "100% of the people I know who have one of these are drinking their way through it."g-man wrote:Can't the statement also be restated as
"I know of only one man who has one and is drinking his way through it?"
Hmm.. I thought I was being generous at £25 - my one and only bottle cost me a princely £13.27I don't think you will find Vesuvio 89 at that price ever again.
This can normally be found here in the States for around the $40-60 a bottle mark. But it has been increasingly hard to find the past couple of years, though the price seems to stay about the same. I assume the relatively low scores, for a Vesuvio, recieved from reviewers hasn't pushed its value into the stratosphere yet.DRT wrote:I don't think you will find Vesuvio 89 at that price ever again. The value of that port is now more related to it being very rare and the first of the modern Vesuvio era. The price is only going to go in one direction regardless of what it tastes like.Discussing Vesuvio 1989: uncle tom wrote:Some crazy prices do get quoted, but I wouldn't pay more than £25/btl - given the lacklustre TNs..
uncle tom wrote:Hmm.. I thought I was being generous at £25 - my one and only bottle cost me a princely £13.27
The current worldwide low price for this on wine searcher is £70.04 per bottle excluding tax. Please let us know when these £13.27/$40 bottles become available so that we can snap them all upAndy Velebil wrote:This can normally be found here in the States for around the $40-60 a bottle mark. But it has been increasingly hard to find the past couple of years, though the price seems to stay about the same. I assume the relatively low scores, for a Vesuvio, recieved from reviewers hasn't pushed its value into the stratosphere yet.
If anyone wants to buy this as a piece of furniture, I would be happy to empty it out for them for a nominal fee....The value is in the box, not the port, as it is a beautiful piece of furniture in its own right.
from our end add sales tax, export tax, packaging, and shipping, then on your end import taxes, duty, delievery, and Saint Nick's cut and that bottle will now be £230DRT wrote: The current worldwide low price for this on wine searcher is £70.04 per bottle excluding tax. Please let us know when these £13.27/$40 bottles become available so that we can snap them all up
What bothers me about this is what you would do with the box once it was empty (aside from storing the empty bottles in it or buying another set to fill it!). I suppose I could use it for storing Flageolets but storage of them may not be a common concern...ACmole wrote:If anyone wants to buy this as a piece of furniture, I would be happy to empty it out for them for a nominal fee....The value is in the box, not the port, as it is a beautiful piece of furniture in its own right.
Moses,mosesbotbol wrote:I'd be afraid to break that up, but I have been afraid to drink from any of my Vesuvio cases. Damn them for such nice packaging. Only when I get a double case of loose bottles will get to enjoy my Vesuvio.
Why? It makes great kindling!I'd be afraid to break that up
I am still a virgin, go figure...DRT wrote:Moses,mosesbotbol wrote:I'd be afraid to break that up, but I have been afraid to drink from any of my Vesuvio cases. Damn them for such nice packaging. Only when I get a double case of loose bottles will get to enjoy my Vesuvio.
Breaking your first case of Vesuvio is very much like losing your virginity. Once you've done it you'll never look back and will be more than happy to do it again
I've been displaying them on the dining room wall, next to the shelf of vintage Madeira. Any you want to get rid of, Tom, will happily find a place there!I've yet to find a constructive use for those little pottery bin tags though.