Posts tagged Duty Free
Ultimate airport souvenir: $200,000 bottle of gin

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure this would take MY martinis up a notch.... A unique bottle of gin that was unveiled for sale at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) last week. The bottle is Bacardi’s Bombay Sapphire Revelation, a remarkable $200,000 decanter of super premium gin.

Read all about it in Harriet Baskas' Stuck at the Airport blog: http://stuckattheairport.com/2010/10/26/ultimate-airport-souvenir-200000-bottle-of-gin/

Collector Takes Home $34,000 Souvenir from YVR

Last week a rare bottle of Rémy Martin Louis XIII Black Pearl cognac was sold at the Aldeasa Duty Free store in the International Terminal of Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The bottle of Remy Martin cognac sold for $34,000 to a couple who were on their return home to Mainland China. Anthony Gismondi writes about the significance of the sale in the Vancouver Sun.