New Krug Sparkling Pinot to Fetch $3000.00

By: Anthony Gismondi

Wednesday, October 24 2007

Last week it was suggested to me that there is no price for wine today, that is you can pretty much charge what you want and raise few eyebrows.

New Krug Sparkling Pinot to Fetch $3000.00

Today I learned that Krug Champagne, or at least its owners LVMH, have a firm grasp of the concept. The Wine Spectator's Bruce Sanderson is reporting that Champagne Krug has been hiding away a specially aged single-vineyard champagne. The new wine, Clos d'Ambonnay 1995 is to sell for an estimated at $3,000 to $3,300 per bottle. The Clos d'Ambonnay is a blanc de noirs made entirely from pinot noir. It's expected to be available in the spring 2008. Only 3000 bottles were made. There is a bright side to this sad story, should the Canadian dollar stays where it is today, Clos d'Ambonnay will only cost Canucks $2913.00.

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his YouTube Channel.