Dave Broom On Whisky, Writing And Change
Isabel Graham-Yooll was meant to be interviewing Dave Broom in Brighton for the Whisky.Auction magazine, but it quickly became more of an interrogation, with occasional smatterings of industry gossip.
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With decades of experience, our team of fine spirits auctioneers share their knowledge and useful information as well as tasting notes and reviews from our spirits community.
Address To A Haggis
The complete and unabridged Address To A Haggis by Robert Burns
Jim McColl MBE, The National Treasure Who Treasures Whisky
Scottish broadcaster Jim McColl MBE was a presenter on BBC Scotland’s popular Beechgrove Garden show across four decades, and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Chartered Institute of Horticulture award for his significant contribution to horticulture. More importantly, he is a whisky enthusiast.
Whisky.Auction Highlights Of 2022
We take a look back at some of the highlights of our auctions in 2022.
The Fairy Tale Qing
An auctioneers guide to the best independent bottling you’ve never heard of, Club Qing’s Fairy Tales and Scary Tales.
Gordon & MacPhail 1952 From Glen Grant Distillery
Ony 256 decanters were released for sale. This is the chance to acquire decanter 3 and raise money for chairty at the same time.
Historic John Walker & Sons Records Reunited With Diageo Archive
The world famous Diageo Archive is home to a new piece of Johnnie Walker history thanks to the work of a keen eyed whisky enthusiast.
Malt Mill, The Rarest Single Malt Whisky
Nicholas Morgan asks if there is really anything ‘rare’ in the world of whisky today. He finds what he is looking for in a tiny bottle of Malt Mill, the rarest single malt Scotch whisky.
In Vino Veritas…
Last year, our auction director, Isabel Graham-Yooll made her selection of The 3 Best Wine Books Of All Time, this month it’s the turn of auction manager, Jeremy Lee, to select a trio from the crop of the wine titles that have informed his thinking and drinking after far too many years in the drinks trade.
Mád For It
There is a special place in the hearts and glasses of we sweet wine nerds for the wines of Tokaj-Hegyalia in Northeast Hungary, responsible for as historic a wine style as you’ll ever taste, and some of the most intense and without a doubt the longest-lived unfortified wines in existence. The thrilling combination of burnt-sugar acidity, generous perfume and sometimes tooth-meltingly sweet sugar levels, often combined with fascinating oxidative, aldehydic ‘rancio’ notes have been responsible… Read More
