A wealthy Briton
splashed out £330,000 pounds on a single round of champagne as he partied with
Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Charles Shaker, a
British entrepreneur and adviser to the ultra wealthy, forked out the fortune
on an extremely rare Armand de Brignac Brut Gold 'Dynastie' collection of
champagne.
The extravagant buy was
ordered at the exclusive 'Armand de Brignac Gold Party' hosted by the
Billionaire Club Monaco.
According to an eyewitness, it took a procession of 12 waiting staff to carry the nine-bottle collection through the club
This included a Midas
bottle, which holds a huge 30-litres of champagne, and alone required four men
to carry it in a custom-made gold 'Roman Litter' champagne bucket.
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| Splashing out: Brett Berish, CEO of Armand de Brignac Champagne, Charles Shaker and Flavio Briatore hold up a 30-litre Midas bottle of Armand de Brignac champagne at the Billionaire Club in Monte Carlo |
The stunned partygoer
said: 'Everyone was dancing, when the music suddenly stopped.
'The DJ then came on the
mic and congratulated Charles Shaker on "buying the world's first Armand
de Brignac Dynastie Collection".
'We then saw what seemed
like a spectacular, never-ending stream of gold bottles being bought through
the club - all different sizes.
'The club went crazy,
everyone was trying to take pictures, cheering and clapping.
'Shaker's table then
started opening bottles and waiters were pouring champagne for everyone.
'It was an amazing
night.'
The Billionaire's Club
is one of the most glamorous venues in Monaco and is often frequented by top
Hollywood A-listers, famous singers and super-rich businessman.
The nightclub has
sweeping views over the luxurious resort of Monte Carlo, which is renowned for
its playground status of the rich and famous.
Samy Sass and Flavio
Briatore, founders of the Billionaire Club Monaco, also congratulated him on
the record-breaking evening, the eyewitness said.
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| High life: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, pictured second left at the Billionaire Club in Monaco in August 2010, was also said to be at the venue when the champagne was purchased |
Hollywood actor Leonard
DiCaprio was also in the club at the time, they said, along with Italian
businessman Flavio Briatore.
According to Armand de
Brignac, the Dynastie collection consists of nine different Brut Gold Champagne
bottle sizes.
It includes every
available bottle format, from the standard 750ml bottle to the exclusive and
world-record breaking 30L Midas.
Collectively it amounts
to 109 bottles of the luxury Champagne.
The record-breaking
Midas bottle, which weighs over 100lb and is equivalent to 40 standard-sized
bottles, is the same as that bought in London by businessman and entrepreneur
Don Johnson for £120,000 in June 2011.
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| Height of luxury: The Billionaires Club in Monaco is a favourite haunt of the rich and famous visiting Monte Carlo |
The collection is also
listed for $500,000 at Hakkasan Las Vegas, the five-level culinary and
nightlife mecca at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
Culled from DAILY MAIL
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