Luxury designer Alexander Amosu has created the world most expensive champagne. It is encrusted with a 19-carat diamond logo worth £1,200,000 (N190m) and is called the Taste of Diamonds. The bottle is what you won’t want to put in the recycling bin.
“Handcrafted from 18-carat solid gold, Goût de Diamants’ Superman-style signature logo is centred by a single, flawless deep-cut white diamond weighing 19 carats, replacing the Swarovski crystal that normally inhabits the space.
The bottle was created for an unnamed private client. The label is also hewn from 18-carat solid white gold and is engraved with the client’s name.
Commissioned to create the one-of-a-kind bottle was Alexander Amosu, no stranger to pimping out other objects such as iPhones and BlackBerrys.
In 2009, the designer from the UK also set a Guinness World Record for creating the most valuable suit. Made from gold thread, Himalayan pashmina, qiviuk and vicuna, the bespoke men’s suit took more than 80 hours and 5,000 stitches to create.
Meanwhile, inside the diamond-studded Goût de Diamants Brut Diamond bottle is a blend of Grand Cru Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier that offers a floral, refreshing and creamy texture and ends with a light and elegant finish, says the champagne maker.
It’s not the first time a winemaker has slapped a rare gem onto a bottle to ratchet up the value of its bubbly.
Champagne De Watère encrusted a one-carat diamond into a 24-carat gold coin embossed with the house’s emblem that was then attached to the bottom of the bottle.”
culled from the malaysian insider
