Lafite Competition
To celebrate my 8 weeks on Twitter, and not giving up, I have decided to give away a bottle of 1969 Lafite. I buy a lot of wine from my own vintage and although this particular one is not amazing, it is still very enjoyable and always interesting to taste something 40 years old. I actually think I have aged a little better than the wine, but that’s just my view.
With all the hype and excitement about 09 primeur I thought I would have some fun and hold a contest, the rules are:
1. Accurately predict the chateau release price for one bottle of Lafite Rothschild 09.
2. It must be in US dollars.
3. Two things to work out; the release price and the currency conversion from Euros to Dollars.
Include your Twitter name and your guess as a reply below. The competition is open to anyone over 18 in a country or state which allows the importation of wine. If there is more than one correct guess I will ask a second question as a decider. One guess per name and only for active twitter accounts who follow me. This is for fun so please don’t abuse it, and it is part of a wine price forecasting tool I am developing as a PHD subject.
$ 840 USD jamesyhealyjr
I think 1170.00 USD per bottle
Lafite Release 600Euros, USD$738.25 @BeauCharles
@Smahlatz $631.10
Blackie – $810
@TOsimon – Going to go with $1,430 USD per bottle
Whoever thought Greece would have an effect on this answer when the question was first tabled? Let’s see if $850 is in the ballpark.
676.00
@NorthernWiner
I’ll go with $875 USD.
corkdork- $700USD
$535 USD 1st Tranche @teusnerwine
$1,200! Twitter: @abaldauf
i’ll go with $550
cali81p $645
@cmager – $745 est
$899.00 US
@marooned
I’m going with $825 USD
522.60 Euro’s which as of today works out to $699.99US
Twitter name: jobsforwine
@cherriesandclay $681
My guess is $625 USD @grumpy1970
I’ll go with … $690.00 USD @TweSommelier
@jackiebaisa – $815 USD
Thanks for having such a great contest Giles! @Leanne_Laine
Tough…my guess – $785 USD
$485
$445.45 @blogyourwine
@belvoir – $686
@RogerPhilby is absolutely clueless but “you have to be in it to win it”, so let’s go for $900 USD, including P&P to my home address
BTW Giles completely ingenious little compo! Love it!
$525 @winelush
@thewinemaestro $400
@NWTomLee $475
Here goes — $490 — @melissa_iwm
Fun researching, Giles.
Might be the vintage to have in who knows how many years! $1100 a bottle
@hobowinecompany $580.00
@gregheadley – $1,018.00usd
$650.00 USD
$576 @scwinegirl great competition!
@mustlovewine US$635.62
markmye – $668.88
@rperro – $548.30 USD
600USD @willgossip
@Texaswineguy – my guess is $630.97.
josephsafi reckons $300 USD per bottle
@harryreginald $497.33
Oops forgot Twitter name @ggroves $530
$530
Joseph Safi reckons $150 USD per bottle
$508 @jamiegoode
I think if you can get it, £800 p/b – about $1200 US per bottle.
@BredaVin My estimate $581,25 USD
@stacywoods $450 USD
$427.24
wpwilson90- sorry it’s supposed to be $511.42 :S
@ambercleveland – I’m going with $391.47 USD (btw, I hope everyone isn’t laughing at me for being too high or too low, this is not my area of expertise
wpwilson90- $511.424 est