Now you can find both of John Rose’s superb articles about collecting whisky in one place. In collections,he looks at some of the latest bottles to come up at auction. In questions,he fields your enquiries
GLENMORANGIE MOUNT EVEREST
Distillation Glenmorangie Distillery,Coy,Tain,Rossshire.
1993.Bottled by the proprietor, 70 cl
Strength 46 % Vol
Presentation Label signed by the distillery manager
and Rebecca Stephens,bottle number also stated.
Comment On the 17th May 1993 Rebecca Stephens
was the first ...
Collector's corner
from Issue 70 published on
I wonder if you could help me with a small problem I have regarding a bottle of whisky I purchased in 1989. It’s a bottle of 25 year old Aberlour Vintage 1964 in a teak lockable box. On the label it states distilled by the Aberlour Glenlivet Distillery Co.Ltd. I am looking to sell this whisky and a ...
Questions and Answers
from Issue 70 published on
Now you can find both of John Rose’s superb articles about collecting whisky in one place. In collections,John looks at books for collectors and the whisky enthusiast. In questions,he fields your enquiries
I am interested in collecting whisky from the Isle of Islay, and I wondered if you could give me any information on a bottle of Port Ellen produced for a visit by H.M.The Queen to Port Ellen Maltings?
M.Leiper, Leeds. U.K The bottle you are researching is a very rare decanter style bottle filled wi...
Questions and Answers
from Issue 69 published on 18/01/2008
A few months ago we started the renovation of an old house that we bought some time ago.
In the basement we found a wooden box with several old bottles of whisky. I made a phone call to a whisky and cigar store (Huis Verloo Antwerp) who gave me your address.
In the wooden box there are a few bottl...
Questions and Answers
from Issue 68 published on 07/12/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. Hello, I have recently acquired a bottle of Old Guns Finest Scotch Whisky by Low Robertson & Co. Ltd.
Leith, Scotland.
Details on the label are: 100% Scotch Whiskies - Importado Dalla Societa Premiata S. Cobianchi S.P.A.
- Zola Predosa - Bologna.
Now I have seen this bottle featured in several Po...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 66 published on 25/09/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. I am starting a collection with two bottles of Glenmorangie, 1977 and Tain Hermitage. It occurred to me that there are rarely whiskies that are 75 years old, while perhaps relatively expensive, these are nothing in comparison to the cost of say a Margeaux 1995.
Is it because once bottled, a whis...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 64 published on 01/06/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. While shopping on the internet, I came across a whisky flagon and began to bid on it. After watching it for several days I ended up winning the item much to my surprise. It is a 1990 Old Glasgow Whisky Flagon and is still sealed and in its original fabricated box. I am very pleased with the item ...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 63 published on 20/04/2007
John Rose fields more of your questions
Q. I am trying to find out information about a decanter I have, for instance when it was produced, value etc. It is brown and white in colour made by Royal Doulton.
It is called Castle Grant and is filled with Grants Whisky 21 years old Premium Blend. It is in its original velvet box with tag.
Xon...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 62 published on 01/03/2007
John Rose answers another selection of our readers’ letters
Q. I have a bottle of White Horse Blended whisky with a wire top. It has over printed “NAAFI” Stores for H. M. Forces and was purchased by myself in Germany in 1956. I wonder if it has any value and would it be worth selling it now or perhaps keeping it longer in the hope its value if any will rise?...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 60 published on 10/11/2006
John Rose answers another selection of our readers’ letters
Q. I am trying to find information on a bottle of whisky I have had for many years, it was given to me by a friend. Made of brown glass it has a tartan ribbon running down the outside of the neck with a seal and crest attached to the shoulder. The label is black in colour with red letters ‘Kennaway...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 58 published on 30/08/2006
John Rose with another selection of outstanding collectible bottles
There was a great deal of interest in a whisky valuation I did recently, with most of the collectors eager to find out how much their bottles were worth.
As I have stated in the past, think along the same lines as the stock exchange. In the long run most bottles will increase in value, some remain ...
John Rose
from Issue 57 published on 21/07/2006
John Rose answers another selection of readers’ letters
Q. Could you give me some more information about the regulation of Scotch whisky? Is there an obligatory minimum period of ageing whisky? What is the difference between single malt and blended whisky? What does it mean when 23 years old is stated on the label?
R Toth, Cherbourg, France
A. New spi...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 55 published on 14/04/2006
In a new series John Roseanswers some of your most commonly asked questions
Q.We hold our Whisky Society meetings in The Black Swan Pub and we think there was a whisky called Black Swan Whisky? Mike & Barbara Smith, West Coast Whisky Society, Vancouver
A. There was a Black Swan blend, produced by J&W Nicholson & Co Ltd., Windsor House, 83 Kingsway, London (Blenders & Expo...
Whisky Questions
from Issue 54 published on 03/03/2006
John Rose provides another selection of collectible bottles
Aberfeldy 19 year old The Manager’s Dram
Distillation: Distilled at Aberfeldy Distillery, Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
Bottling: Aberfeldy 19 year old, single malt from a sherry cask, bottled 1991 by the proprietor. No contents statement.
Strength: 61.3% Natural cask strength. Presentation: Bottle prod...
Collecting Whisky
from Issue 39 published on 1/5/2004
Distillery representative for whisky Magazine John M Rose presents another selection of collectible whisky
In the last five years there has been a huge increase in the number of people collecting old and rare whiskies. I think this is due to publications such as Whisky Magazine and also to the six fine whisky auctions held in Scotland each year: Three in Glasgow at Robert McTear & Co. Ltd., two in Keith,...
Collecting Whisky
from Issue 36 published on 28/12/2003
