This LaErre wine bottle case takes BYO to a whole new level

Bringing a special bottle of wine with you to a restaurant? This $30,000 LaErre bottle case will ensure you arrive in style.

The LaErre Trunks, Montecarlo Bottle Case which retails at $19,325USD Picture: Supplied

WHAT IS IT? Great news for show-offy gourmands with money to burn! It’s a
30-grand wine bottle case.

CRIKEY. THAT’LL CAUSE A STIR WHEN YOU WALK INTO A RESTAURANT. I’ll say. Everyone will turn and stare – even the sommelier will look at you admiringly, wondering, A 2006 Henschke Hill of Grace, perhaps? A 1958 Penfolds Grange?

IMAGINE IF YOU SAT DOWN AND, WITH A FLOURISH, EXTRACTED A BOTTLE

OF YELLOW TAIL. That’ll never happen. Because the man who buys the Montecarlo case (and it will be a man) doesn’t like jokes, he likes the finer things in life. This 35cm-tall box is hand-made to order by Italian artisans, using lacquered timber, leather and brass.

IT LOOKS GHASTLY, THOUGH – TRUMPY, S&M VIBES... If you think this is bad, have
a look at LaErre Trunks’ cigar vault ($157,000) or its jewel casket ($136,000).

WHAT TO SAY: “Yes, I have a reservation. And by the way, I’m a close personal friend of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.”

DON’T SAY: “WHADDAYA MEAN, YOU DON’T DO B.Y.O.?”

$29,845; artemest.com/en-au