Wine

A mystery Sydney-based wine collector has splashed out more than $142,000 for a rare bottle of Penfolds Grange, smashing the record price for a single bottle of Australian wine.

The bottle of 1951 Grange – part of the first vintage of the iconic wine – sold via an online auction on Sunday night for close to $40,000 more than the previous record price of $103,000 paid in July last year.

It was signed by pioneering winemaker Max Schubert, the creator of Australia’s most iconic wine.

The $142,131 sale price, which includes a 16.5 per cent buyer’s premium and GST, was also higher than the $120,000 the bottle was expected to sell for when bids opened two weeks ago.

Other highlights in the Langton’s Penfolds Rewards of Patience auction included the $50,678 sale of a bottle of 1956 Grange, a $33,204 winning bid for a 1953 Grange and a $30,874 sale of a 1958 Grange.

Grange vintages from 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 went under the hammer, selling for a total of $301,000.

I only have three bottles of the 1984 vintage left, awaiting their opening with the parents of further grand children.

If, in fact you ever purchased Grange, you would know they are not released one year later.

Was an invited member of the Officer's Mess at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne quite some years ago.

rusty nails wrote: If, in fact you ever purchased Grange, you would know they are not released one year later.

Well, good on you Bob, if thats what you like, and you can make a tidy little profit from  it.  Hope you do.

acacia alba wrote: Well, good on you Bob, if thats what you like, and you can make a tidy little profit from  it.  Hope you do.

Hope your issue aren't breeding like rabbits Bob, otherwise you might have to sneak in some Bin 707 or some such.  

oneonesit wrote: Am I a fantasist as well Rusty ? Should I take my Ana Ivanovic posters down ??

SC, when this lockdown is over we should catch up somewhere in Melbourne, but we will not discuss politics. I am not that one eyed for the Libs as you might think 

Rusty, no worries

AA. Touche 

 I usually get given a bottle (probably cheap stuff) as a welcoming gift, at hotels. Then I pass them on to my younger daughter, because the last wine I drank was in 1978, at Randy Wicks Bar. It was a white burgundy, which doesn't exist anymore. I gave up drinking all wine because it was making me bilious.