I can still get bottles like that for about $15 bucks filled with Italian white table wine in local grocery stores. As I recall, the wine wasn't all that great but I kept the bottle for it's 'coolness!' I finally figured out what to do with it this spring. For under $5 bucks at Walmart, I picked up two rubber and aluminum bar bottle stoppers and dispense olive oil in my kitchen IN STYLE!
I picked up a lobster shaped bottle of wine, too and they're both in service that way. Recycling at its best!