The Wine Collector
Practical wine collecting advice from Steve Bachmann, Vinfolio's CEO
Screaming Eagle is well known to be an expensive bottle of wine. The winery mailing list price has risen from $50 for the initial 1992 vintage (released in 1996) to a current level of $500. But that's still a fire sale compared to prices in the auction market.
The table below lists the top 20 most expensive California wines sold at major auction houses in 2006 (based on data from the January 2007 edition of the Wine Price File). The price shown is the average price of the bottle count shown.
You'll note that every single vintage of Screaming Eagle that's been released is on the list (none made in 2000). That's 11 of the top 20! If you'd been lucky enough to buy the 1992 vintage upon release, it would now be worth 76 times your money.
The Top 20 most expensive California wines at auction in 2006
The following table uses data on 750ml bottles only and prices include the auction buyer's premium.
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