Guinness Book of Records Entry – Was is a Fake?
A cocktail made in an Australian casino using 1858 Croizet Cognac was sold for £8,200 – earning it a place in The Guinness Book of Records. Just prior to purchase, a $32M heist involving the original client, prohibited him from completing the transaction. Desperately wanting the Record to be authorised, another casino regular was persuaded to stump up the cash on the understanding that it would be paid back afterwards! So now the PR melee surrounding the Record has been replaced with one suggesting it is all a fake. Extreme lengths to go to for a bit of publicity but more importantly, what were they doing putting 1858 cognac into a cocktail anyway? Read more about these pre-Phylloxera cognacs here.