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1. 1787 Chteau Lafite December 1985, Christie's, London$156,450 Marvin Shanken, ( publisher of the Wine Observer ) was beat by Christopher Forbes, which it seems was a great thing ( for Shanken at least )! Its authenticity has been much debated (it was assumed to be part of to the estate of Thomas Jefferson);

it remains the world auction record holder for a bottle of wine.

2. 1787 Chteau d'Yquem Feb 2006, Antique Wine Company in London$100,000

3. 1951 Penfolds Grange Hermitage May 2004, Melbourne, Australia$ 50,200 Australian greenbacks ( approximately $38,420 US ) This is winemaker Max Schubert's experiment that put Australian Shiraz on the map. His director was less than charmed by the initial few vintages. Nonetheless, Schubert continued to make the wine, at last winning over his hard-to-please employer, as well as the remainder of the globe.

4.1947 Cheval Blanc (3 liter bottle) Vinfolio, San Francisco, July 2006$33,781.25 per 750 ml bottle. ($135,125 for the three liter bottle) Random piece of data: The lead personality in Sideways (Miles) said that he disfavored Merlot; however he also states that Cheval Blanc (Merlot) is his favourite wine. A modest amount of irony I feel.

5. 1945 Chteau Mouton-Rothschild Christie's L. A., Sep 2006$28,750 per bottle (a six magnum case was purchased for $345,000) According to Michael Broadbent (high paid English wine God), 1945 was one of the finest vintages in the prior century. In that year nonetheless, the Mouton was filed as a second expansion, not as the 1st at first expansion it is today.

6. 1978 Montrachet Domaine de la Romane Conti Sotheby's, Big Apple, 2001 $23,929 per bottle

7. 1934 DRC Romane Conti Hart Davis Hart, Chicago, June 2006$20,145 per bottle The DRC Duvault-Blochet is a 1er Cru wine from grand cru grapes, and there were only 3 vintages ever made: 1934, 1999 and 2002.

8. 1941 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Zachys LA auction, October 2004 $24,675 per bottle Francis Ford Coppola keeps one of those ( empty ) on top of his chiller. "It was one of the finest I had ever had," he revealed about the wine, which set the record for a Californian. How did it taste? "There’s a signature violet and rose petal aroma that completes this incredibly well-preserved, robust wine that had just finished fermentation at the time of Pearl Harbor."

9. 2003 Romane Conti $4650 per bottle

10. 2005 Chateau Petrus $3176 per bottle the most hyped Bordeaux vintage in fresh memory. The price on this wine is rather more stunning. Of course, in the train of Sideways didn't Merlot go out of fashion?