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I have a bottle that I know is not worth lots, but I'd say hopefully more than average. I'm just having trouble finding a pricing website.

2007-03-16 06:31:27 · 2 answers · asked by Colonel 6 in Food & Drink Beer, Wine & Spirits

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The bottles that will attract the most interest would be anything pre-prohibition, or items that are out of production. But there are exceptions to this and even I would be interested in comparing some old Canadian whiskies, like a bottle of Crown Royal from the 1940's.
Unlike wine, once whisky, and spirits in general, are bottled they don’t age. Technically there can still be some changes going on, if let say the bottle was exposed to light for a long period of time, but for the most part, once bottled high proof spirits don’t age. The reason wine ages is because of the chemical nature of the wine. The compounds in grapes (tannins and acids) tend to oxidize and soften the wine over time. This is a good characteristic for wine. When spirits are aged, they pick up flavours from the oak barrels and that’s about it.

THE TWELVE VALUE FACTORS

There are twelve important factors that determine the value of any antique bottle. Any one of these factors is frequently not sufficient in and of itself to make a bottle valuable. It is the combination of these factors that determine value.

1. supply and demand
2. age
3. rarity
4. condition
5. color
6. esthetic appeal
7. embossing and design
8. category
9. size
10. individuality
11. historic significance
12. locale

2007-03-16 06:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by jtaylor1993 5 · 0 1

you will have to go find a wine guro who does wine classes to be honest there are jobs out there for these type of people sorry i forget there title call around your city

2007-03-16 06:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0 0

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