(AP) OCEAN CITY, Md. If you're in the market for a beach penthouse complete with wine cave and ghostly presence, poultry heiress Mitzi Perdue has the place for you.
Perdue said the four bedroom, four bathroom penthouse was used mostly for business entertaining when her husband, Frank Perdue, was alive, and she hardly goes there anymore.
"Now, it feels irresponsible to have something so big and not use it," Perdue told The (Baltimore) Sun.
Perched on the 20th floor of a building known as "The Pyramid," the penthouse, nicknamed "The Aerie," has two full
kitchens, one for professional caterers and chefs and another more casual kitchen for entertaining.
However, the room that generates the most interest is the wine cave.
Hidden behind a cabinet door, the cave boasts a faux-stone ceiling, a fireplace, trickling waterfall, amethyst crystal
formations, genuine fossils and a "ghost" that tells the story of how the wines the guests are drinking came to be.
Pressing a console button brings the ghost, Sir James Nithsdale, to life. As he tells the story of the wine, artificial fog rolls in, and guests hearand feel thunder through speakers and vibrating seats, according to the web site of the realtor selling the property.
Fiber optics can also change the appearance of the cave ceiling to a night sky and aromas such as fresh pine and new earth can be created. The sound system can create effects ranging from creaking doors and dragging chains for Halloween to birthday songs in 10 languages national anthems from twelve countries.
The penthouse, which has been the market since this spring, is listed at $2.5 million.
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Oh yeah baby, you know I'm callin dibbs on that wine cave! woohoo!
I feel that with enough dabbling with unseen forces, we could get a real ghost in there, no problem.
neat idea, Lilianna!
