But at £1,750 a bottle, it doesn’t come cheap – especially if you are a student with just £20 in your pocket. Instead, he ended up in The Savoy in Central London, where he ran up a restaurant bill of £2,146.50, including the wine. He was detained by security staff after attempting to slip out of the five-star establishment in The Strand without paying. Egeh ordered food and the bottle of wine while waiting for his friend. First produced in 1853, the wine has had premier grand cru status – given to the most prestigious wines from Bordeaux – since 1973.

Source: Daily Mail January 05, 2019 23:10 UTC