Our favorite friend-from-high-school-turned-store-customer passes along this article about a tasting involving a $2,000 bottle of Scotch. 

I found it particularly relevant in light of a phone call last week from Laphroaig "asking" if they could host an event at our store this Fall to pour some Scotch from bottles that go for $400-$500! The Wall Street Journal reported on the inaugural tasting of a 25 Year Old Laphroaig and a 30 Year Old Ardmore held in New York at a private club near Wall Street. We'll assume no TARP funds were used for the event, but if it comes out later that there was, you heard it here first!

We were definitely flattered to get the call, but in of course we played it cool and told them we'd have to think about it.