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16-03-2023

The View from the Golden Promise 16.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

13-03-2023

Black Bowmore

Many consider Black Bowmore to be one of the most iconic Scotch whiskies ever produced. The first edition was released in 1993 and marked the launch of a series whose final edition would not be come until some 20 years l...

10-03-2023

The View from the Golden Promise 16.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

02-03-2023

The View from the Golden Promise 16.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

24-02-2023

A special collection FSA #2 2023

Our latest auction, composed primarily of a private collection, has a special focus on Islay whisky, in particular Port Ellen, the famous distillery which closed in 1983, found here in several independent bottlings from ...

14-02-2023

Auction report FSA 2023 #1

The start of the year is traditionally a little quieter than usual, and this auction, the biggest lots of Scottish and Japanese whiskies generally stayed quite close to their low estimates (Yamazaki 1993, Macallan)....

09-02-2023

The View from the Golden Promise 15.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

27-01-2023

The View from the Golden Promise 15.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

20-01-2023

The View from the Golden Promise 15.1 (2023)

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

11-01-2023

FSA 2023 Auction #1

As we head into the first auction of the year, we’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2023 from everyone at Fine Spirits Auction !...

30-12-2022

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

A private club with a special place in the world of independent bottlers, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has offered its members exclusive access to exceptional bottlings since the 1980s....

19-12-2022

Auction reports FSA 2022 #7

If there’s one category whose popularity never wanes from one auction to the next, it’s Chartreuse. Like whisky, it’s always at the forefront of Fine Spirits Auction’s events, despite there still only being a sma...

06-12-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 14.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

30-11-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 14.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

22-11-2022

The View from The Golden Promise 14.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

18-11-2022

Auction Launch: Unique and exclusive lots to end the year with something special

What better excuse for going all out than the end-of-year auction? More than 1,000 lots will go under the hammer in this edition, including 121 unique lots of rum from Italian independent bottler Velier available for th...

14-11-2022

Auction report FSA 2022 #6

Each new edition of Fine Spirits Auction brings its own share of very rare bottlings and releases. This edition has seen the first appearance of two extremely rare bottles, a SKELDON 1973 (Demerara, Velier) and a YAMAZAK...

08-11-2022

Prestonfield

In the 1980s, Andrew Symington was assistant director of Edinburgh’s renowned Prestonfield House, a five-star hotel housed in a former country manor built in 1687 by architect Sir William Bruce for the city’s Lord Pr...

02-11-2022

The View from The Golden Promise 13.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

02-11-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 13.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on an expert from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar....

14-10-2022

FSA 2022 Auction #6 - An ode to variety

Our sixth auction of the year offers bidders a very diverse range of bottles. It also shows the growing importance of rum on our platform, reflected in both the bottlings from the Italian company Velier and the old rums ...

13-10-2022

Noh Whisky

Alongside the Hanyu Playing cards, the Noh Whisky series is probably one of the most famous in the history of Japanese whisky and is famous both for its high quality and its connections to classic Japanese culture. ...

12-10-2022

Auction report FSA 2022 #5

Our first auction after the summer break was over in the blink of an eye, running as part of Whisky Live Paris, held from 24 to 26 September 2022 at La Villette....

04-10-2022

Buffalo Trace Antique Collection

Buffalo Trace boasts a truly outstanding catalogue of brands. It tells the story of an important chapter in the history of not only the distillery and the group but also of American whiskey in general. The Buffalo Trace ...

29-09-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 12.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

20-09-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 12.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

15-09-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 12.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

09-09-2022

FSA 2022 #5 - WELCOME BACK!

Whisk(e)y, rum, cognac, Armagnac, Calvados and Chartreuse are the most common spirits categories found at Fine Spirits Auction....

25-08-2022

Demerara Rum

The history of Guyana’s distilleries dates back to the 18th century and the huge proliferation of sugar cane plantations established on the banks of the Demerara River following the Dutch colonization the country in 16...

28-07-2022

Auction Report FSA 2022 #4

Situations that haven’t changed for several months in some categories, such as rhum agricole, have finally seen new developments, thanks to outsiders shaking up the established order. ...

11-07-2022

Springbank Local Barley

As Springbank’s popularity continues to grow—and with it the prices it commands at auction—we take a closer look at Local Barley, one of the distillery’s most iconic series and arguably one of the most famous ser...

30-06-2022

FSA 2022 #4 – RAREST OF THE RAREST

It’s the last edition of Fine Spirits Auction before the summer break and this time the focus is on the rarest of the rare! ...

10-06-2022

Auction Report FSA 2022 #3

With Islay representing a third of all lots up for auction, the tenth edition of FSA looked set to fly the flag for the Feis Ile festival held annually on the island at this time of year. ...

31-05-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 10.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. ...

23-05-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 10.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. ...

23-05-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 10.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. ...

20-05-2022

Ernesto Mainardi Sestante

Ernesto Mainardi began his career in the 1970s working for Macallan’s Italian importer Co. Import....

13-05-2022

FSA 2022 #3 – A THOUSAND AND ONE ISLANDS

From Britain to Islay, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and the French West Indies, the 10th edition of Fine Spirits Auction offers a showcase of the mythical islands of the spirits world. ...

15-04-2022

Auction Report FSA 2022 #2

The second auction of 2022 was marked by a wealth of new records, confirming the strong momentum already seen in February. The latest results also reiterated the increasing gap between Japanese and Scottish whiskies....

06-04-2022

Edoardo Giaccone, Italy’s first independent bottler

Edoardo Giaccone—nicknamed Baffo for his incredible moustache—was indisputably one of the most important names in the history of whisky in Italy. ...

06-04-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 9.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

04-04-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 9.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

04-04-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 9.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light....

18-03-2022

FSA 2022 #2 - OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

A particularly rich and unusual selection of bottles awaits you in this, our second auction of the year....

23-02-2022

Silvano Samaroli

The career of the famous Italian bottler Silvano Samaroli began in Rome in 1968. He became the Italian importer for John McEwen & Co’s whiskies, namely the blends Chequer’s and Abbot’s Choice, as well as Linkwood a...

18-02-2022

Auction Report FSA 2022 #1

On paper, the first auction of the year seems to have shown a slight calming of the waters with a selection of bottlings whose results were also going to be fairly predictable....

08-02-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 8.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

04-02-2022

Hakushu

Although Yamazaki (1923) will forever go down in history as Japan’s first distillery, Hakushu’s story is every bit as interesting. Built in 1973, 50 years after Yamazaki, it has taken a remarkable journey....

01-02-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 8.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

25-01-2022

The View from the Golden Promise 8.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

21-01-2022

Sale FSA 2022 #1

To really put our best foot forward in 2022, we’ll be starting the year with a look at the Macallan distillery and its French imports. The distillery’s long history of success makes it a particularly interesting case...

24-12-2021

Caroni, the unique taste of a closed distillery

Although an advert in the Trinidad Guardian attests to the existence of the Caroni distillery as far back as 1899, it was only officially established in 1918, in Trinidad and Tobago, on the Caroni Plain in the south-east...

15-12-2021

Auction Report FSA 2021 #6

The seventh and final edition of Fine Spirits Auction in 2021 came to a close on Friday, 10 December, marking a stunning end to the platform’s first year of existence. ...

07-12-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 7.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

01-12-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 7.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

23-11-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 7.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

20-11-2021

Chartreuse

Chartreuse is probably the most famous and prized of all liqueurs. It is made with 130 different plants from a secret recipe known only to a handful of people....

19-11-2021

Sale FSA 2021 #6 - 21st Century Collections, a new generation of bottles in action.

Since the launch of the first edition of Fine Spirits Auction exactly one year ago, the percentage of expressions submitted that were bottled in the last 20 years rather than the last century has grown significantly....

28-10-2021

Auction Report FSA 2021 #5

For the sixth edition of Fine Spirits Auction, of the 517 lots up for auction this edition, only 93 went without a buyer....

08-10-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 6.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

08-10-2021

Sale FSA 2021 #5

This sixth edition of Fine Spirits Auction sees the addition of many renowned brands and distilleries rarely found at auction. ...

24-09-2021

Auction Report FSA 2021 #4

The fifth edition of Fine Spirits Auction was the perfect illustration of the duality of France’s spirits auction market and its ability to be both a mecca for pure investors and a hotbed of opportunities for well-info...

17-09-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 5.3

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

10-09-2021

Intertrade

The company Intertrade was founded by Nadi Fiori. As the owner of the Taverna dei Artisti restaurant in Rimini, he travelled Scotland to buy bottles for his customers that were not available in Italy....

08-09-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 5.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

07-09-2021

Moon Import

Moon Import was founded at the end of the 1970s by Pepi Mongiardino, who worked for Pernod from 1970 to 1979. His work allowed him to traverse Italy, visiting the best restaurants, caves and bars on the peninsula promoti...

02-09-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 5.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

27-08-2021

Sale FSA 2021 #4

Fan of the '80s and its malts or devoted to the wonderful harmony of Japanese whisky? Collectors, scores of rare bottles await your bids!...

29-07-2021

The rise of the single malt from Distillers Company Limited to Diageo

Distillers Company Limited (DCL) was founded in 1877 by the owners of six Lowland grain distilleries with the aim of controlling production and prices. The 1898 Pattison crisis—driven by overproduction due to speculati...

20-06-2021

Gordon & MacPhail Licensed Bottlings and Distillery Labels

At a time when blends where the undisputed rulers of the whisky market, many distilleries were without either the means or the desire to bottle their whisky themselves. They therefore delegated the task to external busin...

18-06-2021

Auction Report FSA 2021 #3

The fourth edition of FSA saw more than 650 lots up for auction for the very first time— 77% more than when it first launched in November 2020. ...

08-06-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 4.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

04-06-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 4.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

03-06-2021

Yoichi

When Masataka Taketsuru left Kotobukiya Co. Ltd. (present-day Suntory) in the spring of 1934, after a decade at the helm of Yamazaki distillery, it didn’t take him long to establish his own company and his own distille...

28-05-2021

Sale FSA 2021 #3

Our fourth Fine Spirits Auction is a treasure trove of whisky, rum, and cognac. Happy bidding!...

14-05-2021

Testimonials | Sell ​​your spirits on Fine Spirits Auction

Some of our recent clients talk about their experience selling bottles with Fine Spirits Auction....

22-04-2021

Laphroaig

Laphroaig is the world’s best-selling Islay single malt whisky, accounting for 3.7 million bottles during 2017, and it is the global seventh-best-selling Scotch single malt....

14-04-2021

Auction Report FSA 2021 #2

Extreme really is the best word to describe the third edition of Fine Spirits Auction which ended on Friday, 9 April 2021. As the sales go on, each one is different from the last! ...

07-04-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 3.2

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. ...

30-03-2021

The View from the Golden Promise 3.1

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. ...

26-03-2021

Sale FSA 2021 #2

The third edition of Fine Spirits Auction pays testimony to this vigour and features extremely rare bottlings from highly regarded distilleries, including The Macallan 1938, Glenury Royal 50 Year Old 1953, Yamazaki 1993 ...

17-03-2021

Hanyu

At present, Hanyu whisky is liquid history – not just because it is a closed distillery, but also because it is becoming increasingly rare to spot a bottle in the wild, let alone one that is open for tasting. ...

12-03-2021

Feedback from L’Echanson on its experience with FSA

Jean-Pierre Soufflet, who runs the L’Echanson cellars, was delighted to answer a few questions after selling bottles as a trade professional on our Fine Spirits Auction platform. ...

24-02-2021

Rare malts selections

The 2016 edition of Whisky Live Shanghai saw an announcement that shook the microcosm of collectors of the Rare Malts Selection. ...

12-02-2021

Auction Report FSA 2021 #1

The last moments of an auction are often adrenaline-filled for participants, and that was certainly the case for the second edition of Fine Spirits Auction, which ended on 12 February. Indeed, the fate of many lots in th...

09-02-2021

The View from the Golden Promise

The View from the Golden Promise is a chance to see the bottles under the hammer at finespirits.auction in a new light. To give you this fresh perspective, we’ve called on two experts from the Golden Promise Whisky Bar...

04-02-2021

Gordon & MacPhail

When we talk about the history of single malts a common perception is that they were elusive; obscure until they began to be seriously embraced by their parent companies in the 1980s. Before this - barring a few touchsto...

28-01-2021

Sale FSA 2021 #1 - The greatest names given pride of place

Scotland and Japan’s leading distilleries appear alongside the finest French cognac and Calvados producers, while the category of Trinidad and “Demerara” rum continues to write new chapters in its legendary history...

06-01-2021

Telling real from fake

Like the markets for art and luxury goods, the world of spirits is no stranger to fake and counterfeit bottles. Whisky is one of the categories most targeted, attracting the attention of numerous forgers....

23-12-2020

How and why to sell your spirits with FSA ?

Finespirits.auction is the newest – and France’s only! – site specialised in the sale of fine spirits at auction. Founded towards the end of 2020 by La Maison du Whisky, France’s spirits specialist since 1956, an...

18-12-2020

Bruichladdich

Established on Islay in 1881 at the start of the late Victorian whisky boom, a number of owners operated the distillery until it was mothballed in 1995. Re-opened December 2000 by Mark Reynier, Gordon Wright and Simon Co...

15-12-2020

Auction Report FSA 2020 #1

The 20th November 2020 saw the opening of our first auction at Fine Spirits Auction, an online platform dedicated to the world of spirits, created by two of France’s leaders in the Drinks Business: iDealwine and La Mai...

15-12-2020

The past and present of Japanese whisky

The history of whisky in Japan began under the Tokugawa shogunate on 8 July 1853 with the arrival in the Edo Bay of four warships, the largest of the time, known to the Japanese as the Black Ships due to the thick smoke ...

09-12-2020

Yamazaki

A bottle of Yamazaki 50-year-old single malt has just smashed the world record for the most expensive Japanese whisky sold at auction, as the hammer fell at a breath-taking HK$2,337,000 (US$298,879; €248,622)....

29-11-2020

The Macallan

1.7 million euros. That’s the price a private buyer paid at auction for a bottle of Macallan 1926 60 Year Old, once again propelling the distillery to the top spot amongst the very small circle of the world’s most ex...

20-11-2020

Sale FSA 2020 #1

With bottles of whisky, rum, cognac, gin, vodka, and chartreuses, a little over 350 lots have been crafted into the first selection available at Fine Spirits Auction. The first sale will be open until the 11th December. ...

02-11-2020

Karuizawa

Karuizawa Distillery has joined the pantheon of great closed whisky distilleries (all of them Scottish!) alongside the likes of Port Ellen and Brora, but it is still a great mystery. Here are a few little-know facts....

02-11-2020

Port Ellen - Facts & Figures

Founded around 1824/25 the distillery flourished under the ownership of John Ramsay and his family successors. Some of the earliest trials of prototype spirit safes were carried out here at that time by the inventor Jame...

02-11-2020

Officiel vs Independant

Whisky can, like music, be considered an art form. And that’s because these two worlds have more than just a few things in common. As well as the emotion that each is able to arouse, their universes are also able, in m...

02-11-2020

Storing collectible bottles

Notably with a view to building their own collection, because, unlike wine - which generally requires special storage conditions - spirits are easy to keep at home, although some precautions do need to be taken....