Britain's biggest bottle of English sparkling wine has been produced - with a price tag of at least £10,000.
The Nebuchadnezzar bottle contains 15 litres of Kent-based winery Chapel Down's gold medal-winning Blanc de Blancs 2007 sparkling wine.
The 57lb (26 kilo) bottle holds the equivalent of 10 magnums, and to pour out the 120 glasses held inside it would require at least two people.
It goes on show at the Turner Contemporary art gallery in Margate, Kent, and has been produced to celebrate the venue's one millionth visit, which it hopes to achieve this summer.
When the Turner's summer exhibition, Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing, ends in mid-September the giant bottle will tour bars and restaurant around the country.
It will then be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the gallery.
Frazer Thompson, chief executive officer of Chapel Down, said: "This is a genuine Nebuchadnezzar that's been expertly bottled to maintain the correct pressure and preserve the quality of the wine.
"Whoever makes the winning auction bid later this year could drink this fizz that day or enjoy it in 10 years' time.
"Given the uniqueness of the bottle, and how we're intending to decorate it, we're looking at the reserve price to be at least £10,000."
Chapel Down will give away 20 bottles of its sparkling wine - the equivalent number of bottles in a Nebuchadnezzar - to the one millionth visitor that comes through the gallery's doors.
