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...
By John Rose
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,...
By John Rose
from Issue 36 published on 28/12/2003
Keir Sword of Royal Mile Whiskies is in the chair
Investing in whisky is a complicated business. A couple of years ago everybody was searching for a bottle of Ladyburn to enhance their collection. Then Gordon & MacPhail brought out a bottling labelled as ‘Ayrshire Malt’, which was soon followed by an official release of 3000 bottles and the demand ...
By Keir Sword
from Issue 24 published on 16/7/2002
Ulf Buxrud had dedicated a large portion of his life to his passion for malt whisky, enabling him to addemble one of the most inpressive collections of its kind. We caught up with him to find out more....
lf Buxrud is a man familiar to many whisky aficionados. Through his web site – www2.sbbs.se/hp/buxrud/whisky.htm – he provides a portal for many whisky lovers to get the best from the net, with a comprehensive set of links to other whisky sites. He’s a familiar face on the whisky events circuit, vis...
By Ulf Buxrud
from Issue 21 published on 16/2/2002
Whisky collecting is alive and well in Italy Angelo Matteucci's travels have brought him into contact with some of the great characters in the business.
When Valentino Zagatti opened the door of his house in Lugo di Romagna, a broad smile on his face, it was a great moment for me. After years of writing letters I was at last meeting the man who is known as someone very special among the Italian
whisky fraternity.
Valentino, a collector for many ye...
By Angelo Matteucci
from Issue 10 published on 16/6/2000
some may dismiss them as flash trash or bric-a-brac, but in the eyes of collectors they are prized antiques. Ann Davies reports on whisky's objets d'art
Next time you find yourself wandering round a boot or rummage sale, keep your eyes open for anything to do with whisky. The distillers’ determination to brand their name on anything that would take it, has resulted in a bonanza for the antiques industry. Even the most insignificant bauble can be wor...
By Anne Davies
from Issue 10 published on 16/6/2000
Heinz Taubenheim’s grand passions have made him the toast of the American whiskey world. Susanne and Juergen Deibel meet the genie behind the bourbon bottles
Buried deep in the valleys of the Hunsrueck in western Germany, is the sleepy little village of Griebelschied. There, on what is known locally as Bourbonstreet, is an old converted garage. Step inside and you will be greeted by an astonishing sight, for here is one of the largest American bourbon co...
By Juergen Deibel
from Issue 8 published on 16/2/2000
Chrisitie's whisky consultant Martin Green takes us down the malt vault and advises on what to buy now and drink or sell later.
Whisky collectors tend to select from the following categories: limited edition single malts, by region, by distillery, by maturation, by their year of birth, very old and rare blended whiskies, and so on.
With limited edition malts the main thing to look for is the age of the spirit. Generally sp...
By Martin Green
from Issue 7 published on 16/12/1999
Angela Muir MW goes in search of those most elusive of creatures, whisky brokers, and finds them constantly slipping fron her grasp
What an elusive breed whisky brokers are. Nobody ever quite admits to being one: ‘Oh, no, I’m not really a broker,’ goes the refrain. ‘Brokers are a dying breed.’
‘You want to find out about them?’ went another conversation. ‘Come and see me and we’ll taste one or two samples.’ My host selects, bo...
By Angela Muir
from Issue 5 published on 4/8/1999
If you want to spend thousands on a bottle of whisky, head for an auction. Jonathon Goodall looks at what to collect, and how to finance some luxurious drinking.
Christie’s in Glasgow provides a valuable, indeed unique, service to whisky enthusiasts the world over. Twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn, it assembles a cornucopia of bottles, then throws open its doors, telephone and fax lines for some keenly contested bidding. Surprisingly, Christie...
By Jonathon Goodall
from Issue 2 published on 16/3/1999
John D Lamond laments the rise of whisky collectors- unnatural creatures who should be forced to drink the stuff, and preferably share it with him.
There is one thing which I find very hard to accept and that is the collecting of full bottles of whisky. Collecting them solely, in other words, in order that they can sit on a shelf and be admired by the collector and other like-minded souls. Or, even worse, collecting them with a view to making a...
By John Lamond
from Issue 2 published on 16/3/1999
