Whiskey has been grabbing plenty of headlines for its record-breaking auctions as of late. From million dollars bottles of The Macallan Scotch to a 50-year-old Yamazaki that managed to break the Japanese whiskey record by selling for about a third of that price, the collectors’ market has been paying a premium for coveted bottles. But it turns out it isn't just brown spirits having all the fun. Over the weekend, a Sotheby’s auction in New York set a new record for the most expensive wine ever sold. 1945 Romanée-Conti Credit: Courtesy of Sotheby’s A bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti, a red Burgundy from Cote de Nuits, sold for an astounding $558,000. Though Romanee-Conti is a renowned producer to this day, this particular wine is especially coveted because reportedly only 600 bottles were produced in 1945, and the vines were removed and replanted after this vintage. “Rare and wonderful,” Serena Sutcliffe, head of Sotheby’s international wine department, wrote on the auction site. “The best bottles are so concentrated and exotic, with seemingly everlasting power—a wine at peace with itself.” If half-a-million dollars for a bottle of wine seems surprising, you’re not alone. Sotheby’s presale estimate for the vino put the top of the range at $32,000. The wine sold for 17 times that amount. And the run wasn’t over: Later, a second bottle from the same vintage sold for $496,000. Both bottles easily broke the record for the most expensive standard-sized bottle of wine ever sold—a title previously held by a bottle from Chateau Lafite Rothschild sold for $233,000 in 2010 in Hong Kong. Even more amazingly, these two bottles also broke the record for the most expensive bottle of wine sold of any size, which belonged to a three-liter bottle of 1945 Mouton-Rothschild that sold in New York in 2007 for $310,000, according to Newsweek.<doc-sep>Now that must be some good vino. Several bottles of French wine sold for record bids at Sotheby’s in New York Saturday, Quartzy reports. The Romanee Conti vineyard made only 600 bottles of burgundy in 1945, and two of those were auctioned off over the weekend. IDAHO FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER GETTING REQUESTS TO RESIGN AFTER HUNTING 'FAMILY OF BABOONS' ON AFRICA TRIP The first bottle was purchased for $558,000, smashing Sotheby’s estimate of $32,000, and the second vintage from the same year sold for $496,000, despite “scuffed, torn, and partially missing labels.” Three more Romanee Conti bottles from the 1937 vintage sold for $310,000 each despite being estimated to go for $40,000. Combined, all five bottles from the personal cellar of wine producer Robert Drouhin, brought in a staggering $1.98 million, with each breaking the previous record for most expensive bottle of wine of any size (not including those auctioned for charity). This record was held by a 375 six-liter bottle of Cheval-Blanc 1947, which sold in Geneva in 2010 for $304,375. The two bottles from 1945, which Sotheby’s described as “rare and wonderful,” also broke the previous record for a standard-sized wine bottle, which was $233,000 bottle sold in Hong Kong in 2010. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS Earlier this month, a bottle of 60-year-old whisky sold for a world record of almost $1.1 million to a private telephone bidder from Asia during an auction by Bonhams in Edinburgh. The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 — dubbed the Holy Grail of whisky by connoisseurs — topped the previous best by about $45,000.<doc-sep>A bottle of 1945 French wine has been sold for a record-breaking £424,000 at auction. The Romanee-Conti – widely considered the planet’s finest Burgundy – was bought for 17 times its estimated worth at Sotheby’s in New York on Saturday. It smashed the world’s previous high-mark for a standard bottle: a 1869 Chateau Lafite Rothschild which sold for a comparatively inexpensive £177,000 in Hong Kong in 2010. A few minutes after Saturday's sale, another 1945 Romanee-Conti went for £377,000. The wine’s vineyard may help explain its worth. It spans just four acres in the Cote de Nuits region, with no more than 6,000 bottles produced each year. 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Ultra high-end whiskies have been getting all the glory lately. Collectors recently gobbled up the world's most expensive whiskey bottle for $1.1 million (an extremely rare 1926 Macallan scotch) and the priciest Japanese whiskey, a $300,000 Yamakazi single malt. But now the wine world has clapped back with the blockbuster sale of the five most expensive bottles ever sold. At a Sotheby's auction in New York last weekend, a bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti sold for an unheard-of $558,000, smashing the auction house's estimate of $32,000. ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Visit Website The wine, a red Burgundy from Cote de Nuits, is insanely coveted because only 600 bottles were made in 1945, and the vines were removed and replanted after that vintage. “Rare and wonderful,” Serena Sutcliffe, head of Sotheby’s international wine department, wrote on Sotheby's auction site. “The best bottles are so concentrated and exotic, with seemingly everlasting power—a wine at peace with itself.” ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Visit Website ADVERTISEMENT Thanks for watching! Visit Website A second super rare Romanee Conti bottle from the same year sold for $496,000, despite “scuffed, torn, and partially missing labels.” Three more bottles from the 1937 vintage sold for $310,000 each, even though they were estimated to sell for just $40,000. The previous record of world's most expensive wine was held by a bottle of Cheval-Blanc 1947, which sold in Geneva in 2010 for $304,375. Combined, all five bottles from the personal cellar of wine producer Robert Drouhin brought in $1.98 million. So yes, it was a very good day for the luxury wine market. Your move, whiskey collectors.