Russian restaurant in Singapore has acquired the oldest champagne



Russian restaurant "Desperado" in Singapore has bought the oldest champagne in the world. June 3 at a special auction in Finland Veuve Clicquot champagne 1841, raised from the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year, was sold for 30 thousand. Euros per bottle. Auctioneers identity of the buyer never disclose about their announced acquisition restaurateurs themselves. "When we learned that champagne is intended for the court of the Russian Emperor, we are interested in buying", - he told the owner of the "Hellraiser" Julia Sherstuk. Besides the "Veuve Clicquot" owners "Hellraiser" also purchased champagne XIX century by the now-defunct house of Juglar € 24 000. As told host institution, rare wines become part of the museum at the restaurant, which already has a wine Château-Chalon Vin Jaune 1821 Château Margaux 1877, Château Lafite Rothschild 1854 and 1883, Château Mouton Rothschild 1859 and Champagne Heidsieck & Co 1907. The total value of the collection is estimated at $ 5 million.