On Aug 27, 4:19*am, cwdjrxyz > wrote:
> According to the September issue of Decanter, Penfolds is selling
> Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 *for 100,000 Pounds per hand-
> blown glass ampoule. There are only 12 ampoules available, and each is
> packed in a case of rare Australian wood. The capacity of the ampoule
> is not specified. If you buy an ampoule, Penfolds promises to send
> their chief winemaker to assist when you decide to open it.
>
> It may be that this wine will sell as a status symbol. Likely buyers
> are winners of lotteries, very rich Asians, and drug or other gang
> lords. If the capacity of the ampoules is no more than a few bottles,
> it makes Romanee Conti from a fairly recent year seem cheap on
> comparison.

See http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...xpensive-wine/ .
An ampoule contains only 1 standard bottle of this wine. Also there is
a bit more information.