DINERS AT THE GREENHOUSE, a two-star Michelin restaurant in London, could be forgiven for thinking there is a typo in the wine list. Flick to page 87 and, under red wines from Chile, there is a bottle priced at £850. The wine in question—a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Maipo Valley's Santa Rita estate—sits below the same wine, albeit a different vintage, priced at £95. I don't know about you but I'm used to paying around £9.50 for my Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, not £95. £850? Well, that just doesn't feel realistic. So what's going on?

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