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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:04 pm 
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Kiwi to sip world's priciest cocktail
STEVE COLQUHOUN
Last updated 11:26 07/02/2013

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"That'll be $12,500, sir" - words you might hear when buying a used car or a kitchen, but definitely not a drink.

However, New Zealand businessman, James Manning, will tonight write a cheque for NZ$15,360 in a Melbourne bar. At the same time he will pen his name into the history books as the purchaser of what is believed to be the most expensive cocktail ever made.

It will include two nips of Croizet - at NZ$7,370 per shot

The basis for the cocktail, which will be claimed as a Guinness world record, is a bottle of Croizet cognac dating back to 1858. It is itself already a world-record holder, having previously been valued at NZ$192,800.

The bottle has been purchased from Croizet by Crown Melbourne's Club 23 bar, whose barman Joel Heffernan will put two days' preparation into the exotic cocktail.

It will include two nips of Croizet - at $7370 per shot - along with Grand Marnier Quintessence, Chartreuse Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolonge, and a dash of Angostura Bitters.

Heffernan's concoction will be presented with chocolate nutmeg dust, essence of poppy seed and rose, and hints of coconut, passionflower and oranges.

It will be named the "Winston" in tribute to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who is said to have shared a treasured bottle of 1858 Croizet with Allies commander General Dwight Eisenhower on the eve of D-Day in 1944.

The current world record for a single cocktail is held by "Salvatore's Legacy", a concoction developed by renowned barman Salvatore Calabrese using Clos de Griffier Vieux cognac that dates back to 1778. It sold for £5500 (NZ$10,270) in October last year in a London bar.

Crown spokeswoman Tara Bishop said although the world record will belong solely to Mr Manning and tonight's cocktail, anyone else with the inclination - and finance - to try the concoction will still be able to indulge."

An additional 11 cocktails will be available for purchase from Club 23. But because it takes two days to make, you have to give a bit of notice," she said.


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Pricey cocktail: He didn't finish it
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Last updated 11:35 08/02/2013



What does the man whose name will sit in the record books alongside the world's most expensive cocktail do when his much-hyped $15,000 masterpiece finally arrives?

James Manning, a New Zealand businessman, last night took a few polite sips for the assembled media, and nibbled gingerly on the edible garnish it was served with. He appeared somewhat overwhelmed by the fuss that included his own roped-off section of Crown Melbourne's exclusive Bar 23 and a chair probably more accurately described as a throne.

Pronouncing it to be "good", the high-rolling Crown regular signed a cheque and an official statutory declaration, then disappeared into the night.

The majority of the most expensive cocktail ever poured is left undrunk, still nestled in its ridiculously splendid hand-made garnish.

This concoction has occupied the considerable skills of a highly trained barman and a team of chefs over two days, and contains two nips of an 1858-vintage cognac at $7370 a shot.

It has been hyped, coveted, obsessed over, and promoted in local and national media in the days leading up to this event. The Guinness Book of World Records has been notified, and official witnesses drafted - including the author of this story - to attest to the historic moment.

The guest of honour had arrived at Bar 23 dressed in a white shirt, casual black pants and a pair of sandals that would probably not have made it past the front door any night other than this one.

It was later explained by a spokesman from Croizet, while nursing the $192,000 bottle of cognac his company sold to Bar 23, that Mr Manning wasn't feeling well. He had retired to his room and was unlikely to return.

Still, the media abhors a vaccum, so it was left to the other star of the hour, Club 23 barman Joel Heffernan, to make himself comfortable in the plush chair and accept all the plaudits and glory. Which he happily did.


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