Do you think you could drink a million dollars worth of vodka? In Russia, you could – and all the vodka would fit inside one bottle. Of course, you’d still have to pay for it.
A single bottle of Russo-Baltique Vodka, which was reportedly created to impress Russian royalty and various wealthy folks, sold last year with a price tag of $1.3 million U.S. dollars (or 1 million Euros).
While not the first bottle of booze to be marketed at such an outrageously high price, the Russo-Baltique bottle is apparently the first alcoholic beverage to be sold purely for the sake of its expensiveness. Previous high-priced alcohol bottles have been sold for the benefit of charities. But not this one.
Named for the Russian combat car-maker Russo Baltique, the vodka is contained in a bottle meant to resemble the headlights on the front of car – undoubtedly a very expensive car. Princess Regina Abdurazakova of Khazakhstan reportedly had a hand in the design. The very first bottle sold in late 2008 to Prince Albert of Monaco.
Three of the bottles of the stuff are also included in the newly manufactured Dartz Kombat T98 – a Russian-made armored vehicle that runs for a mere $1.5 million (or 1 million Euros.
Is it vodka worth the price? I’ll leave that up to you to decide.
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