World's Most Expensive Champagne at $275,000 a Bottle

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Sep 8th 2008 at 10:02AM

Some vintage 1907 Heidsieck champagne that's been sitting on the bottom of the ocean for the past 80 years is being sold for $275,000 a bottle at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow.

Over 200 bottles of the long-lost, perfectly-preserved bubbly were salvaged from a shipwreck off the coast of Finland, Russian newspaper Komersant reports. At the time of the accident in 1916 the wine was on its way to the Russian Imperial family.

The Ritz-Carlton, where top suites go for upwards of $15,000 a night, is now offering them at $275,000 a bottle, making it the world's most expensive champagne. Sounds like the perfect drink for all those oligarchs.

Tags: Champagne, Heidsieck, Hotels, Moscow, Ritz-Carlton, Russia, Shipwreck