A 41-year-old man has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police following an alleged attempt to sell hundreds of thousands of pounds of counterfeit spirits at auction, in an operation ‘never seen on such a scale before’. A police raid of a residential address unearthed a ‘significant’ rare spirits collection, alongside a ‘sophisticated’ bottling operation that […]
Single Malt Whisky
Rare Whisky Investment Has a Bumper Year in 2016!
The rare whisky market world-wide experienced an ‘exceptional’ year in 2016, with sales of collectible single malt Scotch whiskies reaching $25million AUD, according to analyst and UK based broker Rare Whisky 101 (RW101). Sales of single malts on the secondary market in the UK are booming, with full-year figures showing a 48.64% jump from just under $20million […]
New Release: Glenmorangie Private Edition Bacalta
Overnight we have seen the 8th release of the latest edition to the award winning Glenmorangie Private Edition series – Bacalta, Gaelic for ‘baked’. This latest release is a homage to the master distiller Dr Bill Lumsden’s love for the old Madeira Wood Finish which was discontinued in 2004. Madeira is a fortified wine made in the […]
Lagavulin Charity Bottling
Celebrating their 200th Anniversary, Lagavulin is releasing a Charity Bottling of 1991 Single Cask with all proceeds to be distributed amongst Islay charities. This investment grade scotch is being released in very limited quantities, only 522 bottles, in the U.K. through The Whisky Exchange. In order to be considered for the special ballot, potential customers must express […]
Glenmorangie Release New Vintage Whisky Range
Glenmorangie has launched Bond House No 1, a new collection of vintage single malt whiskies, beginning with Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1990. The new vintage malt marks the doubling of production at Glenmorangie. The range takes its name from Warehouse No 1, the largest of the Highland distillery’s 19th-century bonded warehouses, transformed into a still house […]
How You Should Store Your Valuable Whisky
Whisky collecting and investing is a trend sweeping the world. There are now investment funds in the tens of millions purely dedicated to whisky investment. So it seems that whisky investment is taking off like investment in wine grew rapidly in the 1980s. Just like wine you cannot open your bottle of whisky otherwise all […]
Whisky Investment for Self Managed Super Funds
Investing in whisky can be very exciting, satisfying and rewarding in monetary terms. The trick is to firstly find the right bottles to invest in and secondly, store those bottles or barrels properly and legally. Self-managed super funds (SMSF) in particular need to know the rules. Here are the key rules to be mindful of […]
Balvenie TUN 1509 Batch 3 Released in Australia
The third expression of The Balvenie Tun 1509 is being released in global markets this July, with less than 9,000 bottles available world wide and less than 200 bottles for Australia. The annual no-age-statement release is a unique vatting of casks married together for a period of months in the Speyside distillery’s Tun 1509. Batch […]