Expert: Paul Wagner - 12/16/2009

Question
Paul: I have spent he last 2 days on line trying to find out what these bottles of booze I have are worth the first one is a box of Chateau Limoges Courvoisier Cognac with a certificate unopened The second one that I have is a bottle of Psenner Grappa al ginepro it has a ship in the bottle and a sprig of juniper with berries on it it also says Kranewit on the bottle it also is un opened the bottle is clear with a brown label on it The 3rd one is a green bottle of Pedro Domecq Fundador Brandy the tax stamp is gone but I don't think its been opened it has a coat of arms protruding threw the lable The 4th one is a 750 ml bottle of Goldwasser from Anton reimerschmid or Erding Germany and the last on is a 4/5 green sealed bottle of VSOP Courvoisier wit ha small black round label on the neck with a gold colerd Napoleon Thanks for your help

Answer
Hi Dennis

Distilled spirits like this are so high in alcohol that they don't change much over time in the bottle.  The good news is that yours should be fine to drink.  The bads news is that it won't have appreciated in value the way some fine wines do.  The Courvoisier I'd estimate at about $40-50, the others would probably sell for far less--closer to $20 or so.   

You might want to check with the guys at antiquebottles.com.  They could tell you if the bottle itself might be worth more than the liquid inside...

Sorry that I don't have more exciting news for you.

Paul Wagner