Yours truly attended last night’s auction
of the Glenfiddich Rare Collection 1937 that we mentioned earlier. A bottle
of the world's oldest whisky was auctioned off for the first time at the hammer price of $20,000. It was a pretty
intense auction with prices going back and forth, and a pretty feisty auctioneer (be sure to check back in a few days,
as I will be posting a video of the auction).
I was fortunate enough to speak with some of the folks at Glenfiddich, and they uncorked the original cask from 1937 and allowed me to literally stick my nose in it. The bouquet of smells were amazing! The interesting thing is that when this cask left Scotland it was dry, and after being in the US for a few days, the difference of climate caused the whiskey to be released from the wood, creating a new puddle of whiskey.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-05-2006 @ 10:43AM
Neville said...
$20,000 and you DIDN'T buy?? I'm a bit dissapointed!! :-)
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4-05-2006 @ 10:54AM
Anita said...
Woah, 20 grand for scotch! Who was the lucky winner?
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4-05-2006 @ 11:01AM
Phil said...
Next time bring a long straw for the puddle of whiskey...
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4-05-2006 @ 11:18AM
Rita said...
Interesting how you noted the difference in climate change affecting the scotch. Are you a connoisseur of anything else besides scotch?
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4-05-2006 @ 11:54AM
Rekha said...
I can't believe one bottle of scotch was 20,000 dollars! You seem to really know your liquor!
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4-06-2006 @ 11:55AM
Hans-Henrik said...
Here is the winner
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4880842.stm
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