Bottles of the rare piece of Scotland’s ‘liquid history’ have now hit the market.
Released under Gordon and McPhail’s Generations brand, the Mortlach 70-Year-Old Speyside is the world’s oldest malt whiskey. It was originally filed into its cask in October of 1938. In a ceremony at Scotland’s Edinburgh Castle, the rare whiskey was escorted through the [...]
A one-of-a-kind bespoke cabinet designed by David Linley containing six extremely rare bottles of vintage single malt whisky from famed Speyside distillery, The Macallan, is on offer at Harrods in London for $90,000.
Macallan commissioned the royal cabinetmaker to produce this exquisite piece to be sold exclusively at Harrods. The fine craftsmanship is ultra luxurious and unique in every way. The six vintage bottles are [...]
Between the holidays and Valentine’s Day, your wine cellar could be looking a bit thin these days. Next weekend provides an ample opportunity to restock.
For their first Fine and Rare Wine sale of the year, Christie’s is offering up some of the best seldom seen Champagne, Bordeaux, and Burgundies from the last fifty years.
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On February 17th, London auction house Sotheby’s will hold this year’s Finest and Rarest Wines & Vintage Port.
One of the items up for auction is a 1982 Chateau Petrus. Estimated to go for between $20,000 and $24,000 (£12,500-£15,000), this bottle sports a sweet “leather” taste, and a soft cinnamon kick at the end. Sotheby’s describes [...]
The concept of terroir, which forms the basis of France’s Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) system, is familiar in viniculture, but what about other crops used in fermentation? The idea that climate, soil type and topography also affect the individual characteristics of the agave plant is the inspiration behind Ocho, the first ultra-premium, vintage single-estate tequila [...]
We’ve grown to expect nothing less than opulence over at the Ritz Carlton Moscow. Two hundred bottles of champagne matured by the ocean tides and the waves in the dark for over 80 years are being sold at the Ritz for $300,000 a bottle. The 1907 vintage bubbly had been sent to the Russian Royal [...]
