4.16.2006

Sold out.

Diamond-Studded Martini Runs a Cool $3,000:
Created for the Robb Report, the Robb cocktail cost $87,600 when it was offered in 2003 at the Rivoli Bar at The Ritz Hotel in London. Now unavailable, the cocktail was made with 22-carat gold leaf Eskalony vodka, Grand Marnier, peach liqueur and topped off with Ritz private label champagne. It came with a custom-made 13.66-carat yellow diamond swizzle stick that doubled as a bracelet.
But worry not. If you're in the mood for an expensive drink you can still drop $3,000 on a “Sapphire martini” at Connecticut's Foxwood casino, $10,000 for a diamond martini at Manhattan's Algonquin (I wonder what Dorothy Parker would have said about that), or $1,050 for a shot of Scotch at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
“I think people are willing to spend more to have a premium experience so they're buying less but they're buying higher quality,” said Brett Anderson, senior vice president and editorial director for the Robb Report, the luxury lifestyle magazine.
Guess so.

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