The Most Expensive Bottle of Champagne in the World

While champagne is the preferred drink of the nobility, none is as expensive as the Armand de Brignac, which is also known as the Ace of Spades..

 It is non-vintage champagne created by the Cattier family from the family’s Premier Cru vineyards. It was first introduced in 2006. The champagne boasts of a full and fruity character and taste and contains all the primary grapes, namely Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir.

Its distinctive gold opaque metallic bottles with pewter Ace of Space label identify the champagne. It was adjudged to be the best champagne in the world after a blind taste test involving wine experts conducted by Fine Champagne in 2009. The name Armand de Brignac was actually a dormant brand from the late 1940s, but revived in 2006 because of a rule that requires the use of an existing brand for a wine to be called a champagne.

An anonymous and young British businessman involved in foreign exchange trading pre-ordered a Nebuchadnezzar of Armand de Brignac Midas weighing 45 kilograms at the Playground nightclub in Liverpool’s Hilton hotel. The bottle cost $200,000 and had to be carried to the businessman’s table by a couple of waiters.

The huge bottle has already been proven to be a showstopper at two previous events, attracting a lot of attention in a party in Las Vegas and in another party in Parklane’s OneForOne nightclub when the Champagne King Don Johnson bought a Nebuchadnezzar of the same bubbly for $192,000.

The businessman had ten friends with him, but was soon surrounded by scores of other people when the bottle was being brought to their table. He was extremely generous in giving out a shot of the champagne to everyone in the club. The giant bottle is equivalent to 40 standard bottles of the expensive champagne.

Aside from the huge bottle, the businessman also ordered 40 single bottles of the Ace of Spades and $6,400 worth of Grey Goose vodka.  He ended up with a $327,000 bill, and added a $30,000 tip for the club’s staff.

The club itself contributed to the drama of the purchase of the expensive champagne. The club has been marketing itself as a six star Las Vegas luxury hotel located in Merseyside, and they made sure that the night would become memorable by playing the iconic anthem of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, called The Dawn of Man, while the Nebuchadnezzar of Armand de Brignac Midas was being served to the businessman.