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Chinese snap up £10000 a bottle whisky

Whisky companies have started producing £10000 bottle of spirits to appeal to superrich customers in China and the Gulf States. ...full story at Daily Telegraph

from Daily Telegraph on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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