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The Drinks Business 11 March 2021 By Alice Liang Auction house Bonhams staged an online Japanese whisky online auction that ended this week, in which all the lots were sold, with five bottles of Hanyu’s Diamonds Straight Flush Ace to 5 topping the sale. The online auction was held from 26 February to 8 March. In the sale, over 60% of lots sold were above high estimate with a total sales of HK$5.4m generated. A set of five bottles of Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt Poker series – Diamonds Straight Flush Ace to 5 shone in the sale and the top lot was sold for HK$1,178,000. Nine lo...
4th February, 2021 by Alice Liang At Bonhams’ latest whisky sale, a bottle of Macallan Lalique 50 Year Old sold for HK$1,054,000, while, a 72-year-old whisky bottled by Gordon & MacPhail went under the hammer for HK$421,600. The whisky sale was held in Hong Kong on 29 January. The top lot was a classic Macallan Lalique 50 Year Old, which sold for an impressive HK$1,054,000, followed by Macallan Lalique Motor Car 1937 37 Year Old (HK$558,000). The decanter of Glen Grant 1948 72 Year Old by Gord...
It's true, whisky improves with age. The older the bottle, the better is the flavour of its complicated mixture. There is something about water, ethanol, and guaiacol that makes whisky one of the most loved liquors. And the addiction of smoky, spicy, peaty flavour is such that when a bottle of 72-year-old Glen Grant 1948 Single Malt Whisky by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail went for auction, it fetched more than $54,000 Hong Kong Dollars that is over Rs 39 lakhs. The beautiful warm amber took the centre stage at Bonhams auction in Hong Kong on January 29 as it is the first time that t...
72 Year Old Glen Grant Scotch Takes Center Stage at Bonhams Hong Kong First Whisky Sale of 2021 72 Year Old Glen Grant Scotch Takes Center Stage at Bonhams Hong Kong First Whisky Sale of 2021 Bonhams first Whisky Sale of 2021 will highlight Scotch whisky in Hong Kong, and takes place on January 29th. A decanter of Glen Grant-1948 — a 72-year-old by Gordon & MacPhail is a headliner this year. This rare spirit was bottled in 2020 and is making its debut at the auction this year. The bottle is numbered 88 out of the 290 bottles made — 88 is a symbolic number in Chinese culture which mean...