The rise and rise of the world s best whisky
The best whisky in the world has risen in value by 564% in the past decade. Martin Green, Bonhams Whisky specialist in Edinburgh, takes a look at what makes whisky such an exciting investment
Published: Monday 25th January 2021
In the course of a few dizzying hours at a Bonhams whisky auction in Hong Kong in May 2018, the world auction record for a bottle of whisky was broken not once but twice.
First, a bottle of the Macallan Peter Blake 1926-60 year old sold for £816,983; shortly afterwards, The Macallan Adami 1926-60 year old made £848,112.