New Delhi, March 31 -- At an auction on Manhattan's Upper West Side last weekend, a single bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti sold for a record-breaking $812,500 ( Rs.7.63 crore).

The sale took place during the annual La Paulee auction hosted by Acker, the oldest wine merchant in America and the world's largest fine wine auction house.

According to a Forbes report, the sale of the 1945 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti bottle broke the former world record for the most expensive bottle sold at auction by nearly 50%.

A bottle of the same 1945 vintage beverage had set the record in the 2018 La Paulee auction, selling for $558,000.

In a statement, a representative from Acker said that this pretty penny of a purchase "cement(s) the 1945 ...