Celebrating 200 years of the finest blended Scotch whisky

Since starting out life two centuries ago as John Walker & Sons, a grocer in Kilmarnock, Scotland, Johnnie Walker has gone on to produce the world’s most-famous and best-selling whisky, with sales amounting to more than 200 million litres every year. To mark the company’s two-hundredth year, it has released a spread of special, limited-edition versions of the classic Johnnie Walker range bearing brand-new artwork, as well as a selection of celebratory blends featuring old and rare whiskies from closed distilleries.

Plus, if you’re planning for Christmas, we’ve a host of gift packs at a plethora of price points, so whether you’re looking for a stocking-filler or a show-stopper, there’s a Johnnie Walker gift set to fit the bill.

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Personalised Johnnie Walker

Just the thing for the festive season, you can personalise a range of Johnnie Walker bottles on our website, including options to add your own messages, photos and designs to Black Label, Double Black, Gold Label and Green Label.

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You asked, we did. Glenallachie 15.

Festooned with Virgin Oak, Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez sherry, at 46%, natural colour and non-chill filtered. Well, what else do you say? Billy Walker. Speyside. Loads of sherry.

However, with the interplay between the three cask types, typical notes of ‘Christmas cake’ and ‘rasins’ are put to one side for thick butterscotch and toffee. Sweet tobacco and dark chocolate carrying a bitter and pleasant contrast to that lusciously indulgent nose. Wonderful!

Three Incredible Christmas Gifts for the Ultimate Whisky Lover 

Earlier in the year Mark Littler Ltd garnered worldwide attention when they brokered the sale of a Macallan 28 Bottle Vertical for £44,000. In the runup to what is set to be a unique Christmas Mark Littler Ltd. have added three more attention grabbing products on their online shop.

Christmas Gifts for the Ultimate Whisky Lover  

The first of the three Christmas must haves is an extremely rare Balvenie 1937 50-year-old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Distilled in the same year that former King Edward VIII married American divorcee, Wallis Simpson, and J.R.R Tolkien’s famed novel The Hobbit was published, this bottling contains some of the oldest Balvenie stock left in the world.

These bottles were originally sold by Milroy’s of Soho and only 500 bottles of this expression were ever produced back when Balvenie was a little known Scotch whisky. This may well be one of just a few of these unique whiskies left in the world, and the only one available at retail in the world today is on the Mark Littler online shop for £45,000.

Next up on the ultimate gift list is a dream collection of whisky amassed by their clients over many years. It is what Mark Littler Ltd. are calling ‘The Collector’s Collection’.

The collection consists of 19 rare bottles of whisky and cognac, including expressions from cult distillery Brora, luxury distillery Macallan and a bottle of Louis XIII Black Pearl 100-year-old cognac. Also in the collection is a bottle from Japanese distillery, Karuizawa, bottles of which are currently some of the most sought-after bottles of Japanese whisky in the world, with a bottle selling at auction for £363,000 earlier this year.

The collection purchased individually would cost over £110,000 at retail. The collection is available through Mark Littler’s online store for £85,000.

Lastly, and arguably a must-have for anyone who calls themselves a whisky-lover, is a personalised whisky number plate: WH15 SKY. This is the best, legal personalised number plate on the market for anyone who loves whisky, and allows the owner to share their passion with the world.

The number plate is available for £14,750 from the Mark Littler Ltd shop with all legal documents for a UK registered vehicle.

About Mark Littler LTD

Mark Littler Ltd. are whisky and antiques brokers and to date they have sold well over £2 million worth of whisky and antiques for their clients. Their new online store aims to get the best prices for sellers and buyers in an increasingly competitive market.

By listing bottles and objects of interest for sale directly from the seller the shop offers two advantages; sellers can get more for their bottles than they would do via auction, while buyers get a reduction over buying from traditional retail sites but with the convenience and surety of a retail purchase compared to auction. 

Links

Shop: http://shop.marklittler.com/

Balvenie 50 year old: https://shop.marklittler.com/product/balvenie-1937-50-year-old/

The Collector’s Collection: https://shop.marklittler.com/product/the-collectors-collection/

WH15 SKY number plate: https://shop.marklittler.com/product/whisky-number-plate-wh15sky/

Contact:

Mark Littler

Mark@marklittler.com

01260 218 718

TOMATIN RAISE OVER £50,000 FOR MAGGIE’S HIGHLANDS & CELEBRATE WITH A LIMITED EDITION ARCHIVE BOTTLING 

Following on from Tomatin’s rare whisky auction with The Grand Whisky Auction which raised over £11,000 for Maggie’s Highlands, Tomatin Single Malt are celebrating their combined fundraising successes of 2020 with the launch of an exceptionally limited edition unique expression of Tomatin Single Malt.

Tomatin Single Malt married archived samples together to yield just 40 extremely rare bottles of Tomatin x Maggie’s Highland. The expression contains whisky matured in Bourbon, Oloroso, Moscatel, refill American and European oak casks, ranging in age from 11 to 36 years old. Whisky connoisseurs lucky enough to get their hands on a bottle, can expect an incredibly complex single malt, with flavours spanning tropical and citrus fruits to rich spices and dark chocolate.

The launch of the Tomatin x Maggie’s Highlands bottle follows Tomatin’s recent rare whisky auction with The Grand Whisky Auction, which saw the distillery raise over £11,000 for the charity, tipping the grand total of charitable donations to Maggie’s Highlands since 2018 over the £50,000 barrier! The auction allowed for a number of rare bottles and distillery experiences to be up for grabs. A full list of finalised donations for each item can be found below:

• #190697 – Tomatin – Five Virtues (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal & Water) Limited Edition (Charity Lot) – Sold for £440.00
• #190698 – Tomatin – 32 Year Old #001 1981 Bottle #2 (Charity Lot) – Sold for £880.00
• #190700 – Tomatin – 36 Year Old 1977 Batch #1(Charity Lot) – Sold for £900.00
• #190701 – Tomatin – 30 Year Old 1976 (2007) Limited Release (Charity Lot) – Sold for £480.00
• #190703 – Tomatin – 1980 Release #994 Single Cask (Charity Lot) – Sold for £380.00
• #190704 – Tomatin – 40 Year Old 1967 Vintage (Charity Lot) – Sold for £780.00
• #193142 – Tomatin – “Money Can’t Buy” Distillery Experience (Charity Lot) 4 People – Sold for £920.00
• #190699 – Tomatin – 1970 Vintage Single Cask #12267 (Charity Lot) – Sold for £720.00
• #190706 – Tomatin – 50 Year Old 1967 5cl (Charity Lot) – Sold for £580.00
• #193091 – Tomatin – New 1^st Fill Bourbon Barrel 2020/21 #TBC – Bulk 200L 63.5% | Held In Bond (Charity Lot) – Sold for £4600.00
• #190702 – Tomatin – 30 Year Old Centenary Decanter 1897 – 1997 90cl (Charity Lot) – Sold for £680.00

The Tomatin x Maggie’s Highland limited edition bottle is available to buy via Tomatin’s online shop here for £120 or in store at their Visitor Centre from this Friday, while stocks last.

Black Friday at The Whisky Shop starts now!

Each evening this week, we’re slashing prices on a some of your best-loved bottles – and tonight’s line-up has something for everyone.

Like what you see? Grab these before they go! And stay tuned for even more deals throughout the week.

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Brings you

Dalmunach

We have another TyndrumWhisky.com Exclusive, we’ve managed to get this in the superb Battlehill packaging after some last minute snags at the supplier! Finished in a Sherry Octave Cask and bottled at 54.2% abv, this is Dalmunach, full of vibrancy and lots of similarities to the previous distillery that stood on the site. With only 95 bottles and at least half are sold already, don’t wait long before heading to the site.

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From Santa’s private collection

Shop The Party Source’s stash of hand-selected private barrel Bourbons. These bottles make great gifts or a lovely addition to your small holiday gathering.

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Virtual Tastings – December 2020

After a couple of month away, The Whisky Exchange’s Virtual Tastings are back! Join us for a fantastic pair of December tastings with our friends at Diageo – proper festive treats.

A couple of months off…

Well, we weren’t really ‘away’ as such. We ran the world’s biggest online whisky festival – Virtual Whisky Show – with more than 400 talks across eight days streamed to more than 1000 visitors from more than 50 countries…

December’s Line-up

We’re easing ourselves back into our regular Virtual Tastings with help from a long-time friend – irrepressible Diageo brand ambassador Colin “Ain’t no foolin’” Dunn. He’ll be joined by a couple of his colleagues and our head buyer Dawn Davies to taste through two great line-ups of whisky.

Wednesday 2 December 2020, 7pm GMT – Diageo Special Releases 2020 Virtual Tasting: The annual special releases tasting with Colin is a highlight of our tasting year so we’re very pleased to be able to keep it in the calendar by moving it online. Dawn will be joined by Colin and his podcast buddy, ambassador TJ Littlejohn, to taste through all eight of this year’s Diageo Special Releases – Cardhu 11 Year Old, Dalwhinnie 30 Year Old, Cragganmore 20 Year Old, Pittyvaich 30 Year Old, Singleton of Dufftown 17 Year Old, Talisker 8 Year Old, Lagavulin 12 Year Old and Mortlach 21 Year Old.
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Wednesday 9 December 2020, 7pm GMT – Talisker Virtual Tasting: Talisker ambassador Jason Clark will be joining Dawn and Colin to pull apart the distillery’s range, from 10 Year Old to 25 Year Old, with a few stops on the way with old friends and some treats you might not have tasted – Talisker 10 Year Old, Talisker Port Ruighe Port Finish, Talisker 18 Year Old, Talisker 25 Year Old, Talisker 2007 Distillers Edition and Talisker 8 Year Old from the Diageo Special Releases 2020.
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The future?

These are our final virtual tastings for 2020, but we’ll be back in the new year with more. We may not be able to get together in person to share a drink or two just yet, but we’ll be online with tasty things until that day comes around.

It’s our biggest giveaway yet! 
Will you find Santa’s Dram in your next order?

Find Santa’s Dram in your next Whisky Shop order and you could be the lucky winner of a Bunnahabhain 39 Year Old or a case of six mystery malts!

To ensure the Christmas spirit is flowing this year, Santa has hidden some of his own personal dram glasses in amongst our orders. Should you find one of his glasses in your order, then we’ll supply the whisky to fill it!

If you find a red Santa’s Dram glass in your order, then you’re the lucky winner of a case of six mystery malts, worth £300. If you find Santa’s one and only golden dram glass, then you get to add a 39-year-old Bunnahabhain to your whisky collection (RRP £11,995). Not bad, huh?

To enter the giveaway, simply purchase anything from whiskyshop.com from now until midnight on 19^th December. Winners will find a Santa’s Dram glass within their order and a letter from Saint Nick himself, detailing how to claim their whisky prize.

As if that wasn’t easy enough, prizes will also be awarded at random to those who share the hashtag #SantasDram via their own social media accounts, tagging @thewhiskyshop. Remember to follow us on social media and keep your profile public so we can see your post.

So, what are you waiting for? Stock up on festive spirits via whiskyshop.com and get sharing #SantasDram on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to be in with the chance of winning one of Santa’s unbelievable whisky prizes.

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