Cheers! Tourist blows £70,000 on wine
3rd September 2010
A need for travel money and concerns about the price of travel insurance are unlikely to have been on the mind of a customer who spent £70,000 on eight bottles of wine during a trip through duty free at Dubai International Airport.
The wine enthusiast's purchases, made late last month at the Le Clos fine wine and luxury spirits boutique in the airport's Terminal 3, included bottles of 1947 and 1961 Château Pétrus, as well as a magnum of the 1959 vintage.
The shop claims the spree amounts to double the value of the previous world record, as well as being evidence that the demand for high-end wines is on the rise again.
Andrew Day, chief executive officer of Maritime and Mercantile International, owner of Le Clos, said: "We've seen a noticeable increase in customers purchasing high-value items for gifting, but also for personal consumption or to diversify their investment portfolios."
It is unknown if the customer used credit cards, debit cards or travel money to pay for the wine, although a travel insurance policy robust enough to cover the extravagant purchase is likely to have been incredibly expensive.
Copyright © Press Association 2010
- Which European country would you most like to live in?
- 5 Extreme Activities to Do in New Zealand
- More over-50s 'opting for gap years'
- Most Britons 'overspend on holiday'
- Drivers face high petrol prices across Europe
- Tourists 'venturing outside Europe'
- Teenagers 'missing out' on holidays
- Full English most popular for holidays
- EU call charges cut boost for tourists
- Rail worker plans holiday after EuroMillions win
- Cameron dismisses claims euro will not survive
- Britons spend more on overseas accommodation
- Travellers urged to act smart over phone costs abroad
- Britons 'spend £168k on holidays'
- Vietnam devalues the dong by 8.5%
- News Archive
