This week, it was reported that a Saudi millionaire splashed out AED500,000 ($136,000) on the world’s most expensive bottle of champagne at Dubai’s glitzy Cavalli Club, Restaurant & Lounge.
The Louis Roederer, Millennium Cristal Brut 1990, one of only three bottles for sale in the world, was originally produced to bring in the millennium New Year celebrations, the club’s general manager told Arabian Business.
“The bottle of champagne was purchased for half a million dirhams and is one of three on sale in the world – the other two being in New York and London – and is it the first of the three to be sold,” David Lescarret from Cavalli Club said.
A British currency trader who grabbed headlines for spending AED217,000 (US$62,000) on Champagne in a Dubai nightclub has been arrested at the request of the UK’s financial regulators.
Alex Hope, a 23-year old who specialises in foreign exchange, shot to fame after posting a receipt showing his lavish spending of thousands of dollars at Dubai’s Cirque du Soir venue.
Britain’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), said Hope had been arrested on suspicion of committing offences under the FSA Markets Act 2000 and the Fraud Act 2006. He has not yet been charged.
That's really crazy! The most I spent on a bottle of wine was $800 (on special offer from $1,500) and I thought that was crazy! But I guess there r a lot of stupid rich crazy ppl out there!
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DeleteHappy hour for Mr. Cavalli ... :-)
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