Bottle of white wine sets new world record

The question is what does one do with a $300,000 bottle of wine, drink it or save it?

My father in law was given a £900 bottle of wine and shared it with us; it was a nice burgandy but not remarkably so (though I'm not an expert!).

At that amount, my house, cars, miscellaneous debts would be all paid, college funds for kids banked, and would still have around 50k to spend. Wow.

There is something wrong in a world where people starve while others spend enough money to feed a 3rd world nation for a week on one bottle of wine that will never be opened. If I had that kind of money though I can't say I wouldn't do the same since I can be such a snob sometimes.

The only person you can label as the bad guy is the one who opens it. All others are just investors. Think of it in terms of currency or stock. It's just another investment. If I had lots of money, enough to invest in a bottle of 300K wine, I'd probably already have enough. I would love to be able to donate tons of money to worthwhile causes.

Ridiculous

Eh, I don't really have a problem with this kind of thing. LIke Jondo mentioned, it's an investment of sorts and I don't begrude anyone their investments. in fact, if I had to guess, how much you wanna bet the person that bought this, while a private collector, is also probably either directly or indirectly connected to the wine industry. He may have a restaurant or something where the bottle will go on display or something. Something like this is a little less about buying a really expensive bottle of wine, and it's more like buying a piece of artwork or a piece of history. I get why people d... [More]