Pieter Colpaert

You know, expensive watches, luxury handbags, and Pokemon cards, like all those just boomed in price. So in 2021, global wine auction sales hit their record high. $520 million worth of rare wines were sold that year. Wow. You know, there's also been a correction in the wine markets. The Livex Fine Wine 1000 Index, they track 1,000 leading wines. It fell 14% in 2023.

You know, expensive watches, luxury handbags, and Pokemon cards, like all those just boomed in price. So in 2021, global wine auction sales hit their record high. $520 million worth of rare wines were sold that year. Wow. You know, there's also been a correction in the wine markets. The Livex Fine Wine 1000 Index, they track 1,000 leading wines. It fell 14% in 2023.

You know, expensive watches, luxury handbags, and Pokemon cards, like all those just boomed in price. So in 2021, global wine auction sales hit their record high. $520 million worth of rare wines were sold that year. Wow. You know, there's also been a correction in the wine markets. The Livex Fine Wine 1000 Index, they track 1,000 leading wines. It fell 14% in 2023.

And then you have the champagne 50 index. This doubled during the pandemic between like 2020 and the end of 2022. But then last year, you know, another correction, it fell by 18%.

And then you have the champagne 50 index. This doubled during the pandemic between like 2020 and the end of 2022. But then last year, you know, another correction, it fell by 18%.

And then you have the champagne 50 index. This doubled during the pandemic between like 2020 and the end of 2022. But then last year, you know, another correction, it fell by 18%.

Yeah, I think the main example or the most famous one is a bottle of 1945 Romanée Conti, which sold for $558,000 at a Sotheby's auction in 2018, so six years ago. It still has the record for most expensive regular 750 milliliter bottle of wine ever sold. Wow. And that particular wine, that particular vintage is considered one of the greatest Burgundies ever made.

Yeah, I think the main example or the most famous one is a bottle of 1945 Romanée Conti, which sold for $558,000 at a Sotheby's auction in 2018, so six years ago. It still has the record for most expensive regular 750 milliliter bottle of wine ever sold. Wow. And that particular wine, that particular vintage is considered one of the greatest Burgundies ever made.

Yeah, I think the main example or the most famous one is a bottle of 1945 Romanée Conti, which sold for $558,000 at a Sotheby's auction in 2018, so six years ago. It still has the record for most expensive regular 750 milliliter bottle of wine ever sold. Wow. And that particular wine, that particular vintage is considered one of the greatest Burgundies ever made.

And there's only a couple of bottles left.

And there's only a couple of bottles left.

And there's only a couple of bottles left.

Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty bad at math, but I think it's like a small SUV with each gulp. Oh my gosh. I mean, there's some other, you know, ridiculous examples. Like there's a champagne bottle that they sold as an NFT in collaboration with Bored Ape.

Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty bad at math, but I think it's like a small SUV with each gulp. Oh my gosh. I mean, there's some other, you know, ridiculous examples. Like there's a champagne bottle that they sold as an NFT in collaboration with Bored Ape.

Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty bad at math, but I think it's like a small SUV with each gulp. Oh my gosh. I mean, there's some other, you know, ridiculous examples. Like there's a champagne bottle that they sold as an NFT in collaboration with Bored Ape.

Yeah. And Bored Ape is, you know, they're cartoon monkeys, basically. So this was a cartoon monkey champagne bottle, which sold for $2.5 million in 2022.

Yeah. And Bored Ape is, you know, they're cartoon monkeys, basically. So this was a cartoon monkey champagne bottle, which sold for $2.5 million in 2022.

Yeah. And Bored Ape is, you know, they're cartoon monkeys, basically. So this was a cartoon monkey champagne bottle, which sold for $2.5 million in 2022.

The bottle was real. Oh, the bottle was real? The bottle was real, but the cartoon monkey is fake. Okay.

The bottle was real. Oh, the bottle was real? The bottle was real, but the cartoon monkey is fake. Okay.