I have a 1989 bottle of Marilyn Merlot that had been very cared after, but I just moved and the movers?

Most insurance companies don't cover that sort of thing unless you get specific insurance for that item. The Insurance company will pay to replace a bottle, for a bottle completely ignoring the label, the age and the value.

Do you have insurance for it? I'm SURE the moving company doesn't, and even if they do, they wont honor such a thing.

You can go to a sommalier (spelling) or wine expert and get an appraisal and then take it to the manager and show him on paper what you lost when they damaged it and hope he is decent enough to at least meet you half way.

It's not like they broke it. They scratched the label. It's not that bad.

According to this website, it value is $3000.

http://www.marilynwines.com/marilynmerlot.html#

$2800 for this one:

http://www.wiw2u.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=appraisa...

I would go after the moving company by putting in a claim to their insurance. $25 is not compensation. The value IS the bottle more than the wine and they devalued it. You will probably have to get an appraisal from an expert, but it would be their cost, not yours. Don't let this go!

Yeah 2 bottles ought to do you in superb. 3 became the main suitable quantity i've got ever drank. It took an entire nighttime, yet i became merrily dazed via the tip. i admire wine and surprisingly on events. besides, 2 ought to be merely high quality, possibly 3 in case you intend on ingesting for many hours.

I would get a written estimate on its worth and approach them. If they are still unwilling to make a reasonable compromise with you then either take them to small claims court or go through your insurance company. Most moving companies are either bonded or highly insured. Let them go through their insurance company.