This weekend, a devoted wine enthusiast splurged almost half-a-million rand on 375ml of Grand Constance – one of the rarest bottles known to man. The 200-year-old treasure – initially sourced in Constantia, Cape Town – will now take pride of place in someone’s cellar. But what exactly makes it worthy of the R420 000 price tag acquired in Stellenbosch?
The Grand Constance made (even more) history on Saturday, after it was sold to the highest bidder – Photo: Mike Ratcliffe
The method behind the madness: Here’s why one punter just paid R420 000 for a bottle of wine…
Nederburg MD and CFRWA director Niël Groenewald set the scene nicely for us beforehand. Ahead of the rare wine auction, he explained that the bottle presented a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity‘ for the die-hard vino enthusiasts.
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