Mum gobsmacked to find out REAL value of wine she bought for 50p trends now
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A lucky mother was in disbelief after discovering the wine she won at her daughter's school fair was worth hundreds of pounds.
Kerry Carty, 33, from Stockport, Manchester, struck gold when she bagged the bottle of booze at her daughter's school fair for just 50p.
She had initially planned to give what she thought was a cheap bottle to family, but favourable odds led her to Google it instead.
To her surprise, she discovered it was a 1982 Château Cos d'Estournel, Saint-Estèphe, - and it was selling for hundreds of pounds online.
The mother stuck it on wine auction website, Bid For Wine, where her sale fetched a staggering £185.
Kerry Carty, 33, from Stockport, Manchester, was over the moon when she won a bottle of red wine at her daughter's school tombola game - but that was just the beginning
The mother paid 50p for her game ticket, which would eventually win her a bottle of 1982 Château Cos d'Estournel, Saint-Estèphe
She said: ' I don't know anything about wine. I’m not a wine drinker and I’ve never drunk it as it gives me headaches - so to get £185 is amazing to me.'
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