BONHAMS APPOINTS CLEMENT GAILLARD AS SPECIALIST OF WHISKY IN BONHAMS PARIS OFFICE

Clément Gaillard

Paris – Bonhams is delighted to announce the appointment of Clément Gaillard as a Whisky Specialist in the Paris office. Clément took up his post on 22 June 2023.  

The appointment of Clément marks the company’s continued growth in Europe after the successful establishment of Wine and Whisky sales in Paris in 2022 and 2023.  

Clément studied History of Art at Sorbonne University. He started his career at La Maison du Whisky in 2016 in Paris, working in one of their boutiques, and then at the Golden Promise Whisky Bar.  Clément went on to join the online platform, Fine Spirits Auction, a collaboration between La Maison du Whisky and iDealwine, as a Whisky Specialist.

Clément will report to Hong-Kong based Diego Lanza, Head of Whisky Asia, and International Head of Sale for Whisky auctions in the UK and Europe. Whisky sales will be held in Paris at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr twice a year. Clément speaks French and English.  

Clément Gaillard said: “Bonhams recent expansion has made it one of the most accessible auction houses in the world with strong local roots. I am delighted to be joining Bonhams at this exciting time in its history. I am looking forward to drawing on all my knowledge and experience to help the company achieve even greater success.” 

Diego Lanza, Head of Department, Whisky, Asia & International Head of Sale, said: “It’s a great pleasure to welcome Clément to Bonhams. His blend of experience in the world of whisky is exactly what we need to develop sales in France.” 

ABOUT BONHAMS

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and collectables, collectors’ cars and a luxury division, which includes jewellery, designer fashion, watches, wine, and whisky. In 2021 and 2022, Bonhams made a number of important acquisitions which form the wider Bonhams network. These include: Bukowskis, Bruun Rasmussen, Bonhams Skinner and Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr.

There are 14 salerooms around the globe: UK: New Bond Street, London; Knightsbridge, London; Edinburgh. US: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Marlborough. Hong Kong: Admiralty. France: Avenue Hoche, Paris; Rue de la Paix, Paris. Belgium: Brussels; Denmark: Copenhagen. Sweden: Stockholm and Australia: Sydney.

With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60+ specialist areas.

In 2022, Bonhams held a number of important auctions and offered landmark single-owner collections, including the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Sir Terence Conran: The Contents of Barton Court, Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included Style and Substance: The Collection of George and Charlotte Shultz and The Claude de Marteau Collection.

Top lots for 2022 included a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder (Sold for US$4,185,000), a pair of blue and white octagonal candlesticks (Sold for HK$30,453,00/ US$3,911,913), La femme en rouge au fond bleu by Chaïm Soutine (Sold for £1,842,300/ US$2,236,940), and a rare emerald and diamond Cartier bracelet (Sold for US$3,240,375).

More information and highlights can be found HERE

For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com

The Bonhams Network

Bukowskis

Established in 1870, Bukowskis offers fine art and collectables from its saleroom in Stockholm as well as online. In 2021, it sold 11 of the 15 most valuable artworks in the Swedish market – achieving the highest price for a Swedish artwork ever sold at auction – while their innovative digital presence attracts more than one million users every month.

Bruun Rasmussen

From its Copenhagen saleroom and online, Bruun Rasmussen sells more than 75,000 lots each year across categories from furniture, paintings and modern design to silver, wine and collector’s items such as books, arms and armour, stamps and coins.

Bonhams Skinner

Renowned New England auction house Bonhams Skinner holds some 80 auctions a year in 20 collecting categories – including Americana, fine art, collectables and wine, and ranging from fine violins to contemporary paintings – at its salerooms in Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts, as well as on its highly effective digital platform for online sales.

Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr

Established in 1973, Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr is famous throughout the auction world for its high-profile single-owner sales. With salerooms in Paris and Brussels, it holds auctions in more than a dozen categories, including fine art, haute couture, Asian art, collectable cars, jewellery, watches and more.

SELL THROUGH HWA! But why?… 

• We are delighted to offer 0% sellers commission & 8.5% buyer’s commission. Being only 8.5% buyer’s commission, buyers are willing to pay that bit extra for your bottle/lot due to the commission saving.
• 5 Star customer service, providing the most personal experience for our customers.
• Only £3 listing fee per bottle and £4 reserve fee.
• Payment to sellers typically within 7 days.
• Visit HWA on Trustpilot, we have very happy customers.
• FREE personal doorstep collections across Scotland.
• FREE* courier doorstep collections across the UK.
• FREE valuations.
• Sound good?? If so, get in touch and we would be delighted to welcome you on board, answer any questions and/or assist with selling your whisky.

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July is usually a time for fruity cocktails, endless barbecues and cooling down but this year we’re turning up the heat. Our new collection of casks this month has been selected to FIRE UP the senses. Explore our NEW whiskies including some JUICY sherry drams all from the same cooperage in Spain, Jose y Miguel Martin.  Discover more by clicking on over to our website now to buy our new bottlings.

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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Brand updates from the Brand Manager

There is more to Wemyss Malts than simply our award winning spirits and eye catching persona. We have a team working tirelessly behind the scenes to bring you the very best of what scotch whisky has to offer.

And leading the charge is Kirsty Mackinnon, our Brand Manager. Kirsty is in charge of how the brand adapts, transforms and moves freely within the industry. We have a large portfolio of different kinds of scotch and so making sure every one is distinct in nature falls to Kirsty.

From Lord Elcho to 25 YO Bunnahabhains, Kirsty has quite a lot on her plate. Read more about her and her career in our latest blog.

Find out more about Kirsty!

Brand New Exclusive from Lochlea Distillery

Earlier this year our team at Aberdeen Whisky Shop made our way to the lovely Lochlea Distillery. We had an amazing experience meeting the team at this Lowland Distillery and had a great opportunity to sample and select a Single Cask Scotch Whisky to be bottled exclusively for Aberdeen Whisky Shop.

Lochlea Single Cask Aberdeen Whisky Shop Exclusive

This Single Cask Scotch Whisky from Lochlea Distillery bottled exclusively for Aberdeen Whisky Shop. This single malt was fully matured in a shaved and toasted American Oak Ex-Wine Cask, and bottled at 60.3% ABV, with no chill filtration and no additional colour.

This Exclusive dram showcases initial sweet vanilla fudge, giving way to ripe red fruits. More plums and raspberries, followed by floral notes and some spice, then a moreish toasted cereal finish.

Only 312 bottles produced.

£75.00

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 492: Rittenhouse Straight Rye

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries an American rye. While Rittenhouse is actually a style of rye whiskey from Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, to be exact), it’s distilled at Heaven Hill, which took over the brand decades ago. The mashbill consists of 51% rye, 37% corn and the remaining 12% is malted barley. Note that he proudly mentions “Bottled-in-Bond” on the label. This means that it is a whiskey of one particular season, one distillery, has matured for at least 4 years in a warehouse that is supervised by the government and was also bottled at exactly 100 Proof (50% ABV).

https://youtu.be/1L8sYYXPfSk

GLENALLACHIE DISTILLERY’S VISITOR CENTRE

UNDERGOES SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE

The Speyside-based single malt producer unveils new and improved

visitor attraction, including plush bar and tasting lounge

Scotch whisky distillery The GlenAllachie today reveals major upgrades to its visitor centre as it gears up for the high season.

Winner of Visitor Attraction of the Year (Icons of Whisky Scotland, 2022), the site opened to the public for the very first time in April 2019 with a retail shop, small tasting room and limited tour programme.

Having amassed over 225 5-star reviews across Trip Advisor and Google since then, and achieving a coveted Travellers’ Choice award last year, visitors can now enjoy a brand-new, state-of-the-art whisky bar and tasting lounge.

Independently owned by legendry Scotch whisky maker Billy Walker, the distillery is located near Aberlour in the world-renowned Speyside region and boasts a full production area as well as 16 on-site warehouses.

The £600,000 investment sees a former engineering workshop be transformed to house a whisky bar; tasting lounge; extra toilets, including disabled facilities; and substantial outdoor seating space with incredible uninterrupted views of Ben Rinnes.

The whisky bar will offer a range of The GlenAllachie Distillers Company’s whiskies, offered in single measures or as a flight, as well as mixers and locally made soft drink options.

As part of the distillery’s sustainability efforts, the new space will be heated using excess heat energy from the stillhouse: the room where distilling takes place. Electric vehicle charging points have also been installed for visitor use.

Along with the expansion, The GlenAllachie’s Visitor Centre team has doubled over the last 12 months to cater for accelerating demand and footfall since recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The company appointed Tracy Sellar as Visitor Centre Manager in 2022 to oversee its upgrading and upscaling, as well as the ongoing strategic running of The GlenAllachie’s brand home.

The extended tour offering now consists of three experiences:

• The GlenAllachie Experience (1 hour, £25 per person) – a journey through the production process ending at the tasting room to enjoy four whiskies.
• The Premium Experience (1 hour 15 minutes, £35 per person) – a tour of the production area, including a detailed discussion of our innovative cask management policy, followed by a tutored tasting of four premium whiskies.
• The Connoisseurs Tour (2 hours, £60 per person) – running every Thursday afternoon, the experience is aimed at ‘whisky geeks’ who want an in-depth tour, including a warehouse visit, before enjoying a tasting of five of our finest drams.

A maximum of ten people are welcome on each tour to retain The GlenAllachie’s admired personal approach, best reflecting its brand values.

The distillery plans to further expand its visitor experience offering once the whisky bar is fully up and running.

Commenting on the expansion, Sellar shares:

“We’re thrilled to unveil our expanded Visitor Centre at The GlenAllachie Distillery after months of planning and preparation. As a team, we identified a gap in our offering: the option to enjoy a dram or flight without the need to join a tour.

“The new whisky bar, between the indoor and outdoor space, allows for an impressive capacity of 100 people at any one time. As we continue to expand as a visitor attraction, we look forward to a busy summer season with more experiences to offer our guests.”

The distillery shop offers a number of bottlings exclusively available to its visitors:

• Hand-filled 17-year-old Oloroso Butt #901048 Single Cask Single Malt – £218
• Hand-filled 10-year-old Recioto Della Valpolicella Barrique #804071 Single Cask Single Malt – £101
• Distillery Exclusive 13-year-old Oloroso Matured Single Malt – £75

The GlenAllachie is hosting a launch event for the whisky bar and tasting lounge on Thursday 13^th July 2023 from 17:30 – 19:30, open to all, which will showcase the new space, with drams and nibbles on offer.

The GlenAllachie Visitor Centre is currently open every day from 10:00-17:00 for the summer season (April – October). Tours can be booked through their website, while the new whisky bar operates on a walk-in basis.

Further information on the distillery and company can be found at www.theglenallachie.com

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Our 145th auction is progressing well with bids coming in thick and fast, but with the auction close on Sunday night now fast approaching we thought we’d highlight a few special bottles you might have missed.

Glen Grant 1952 60 Year Old The Queen’s Jubilee Gordon & MacPhail

An expression replete with historical import this is the Glen Grant 1952 60 Year Old for The Queen’s Jubilee Gordon & MacPhail.  Distilled in 1952, the year her reign began, this gorgeous amber liquid spent six decades ageing in a sherry cask before being bottled in 2012 to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee year.  Both the decanter and Swarovski crystal stopper have been designed by Glencairn Crystal with its unique number engraved upon it’s sterling silver collar. The box is made from Scottish Elm, felled a short distance from Holyrood House, and lined with purple Harris Tweed.  One of only 85 bottles released this is your chance to own a genuine piece of British history.

Karuizawa 1965 50 Year Old Single Cask #3037 Elixir Distillers 50cl

As Japanese whisky goes the silent distillery of Karuizawa is about as rare as it gets, and this Karuizawa 1965 50 Year Old Single Cask #3037 50cl from Elixir Distillers is as rare as Karuizawa gets.  Distilled during the swinging sixties this marvelous liquid spent five whole decades in sherry oak before finally being bottled in 2017.  Contained in an understated and elegant bottle this fantastic dram still packs a punch at 58.3% ABV.  Only 318 bottles of this nectar were produced and it would be the jewel in the crown of any Japanese whisky collection.

Linkwood 1956 60 Year Old Cask #20 Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection

Now this a bottle with a long history, the Linkwood 1956 60 Year Old Cask #20 Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection.  Distilled almost seven decades ago this marvelous 1st fill sherry bottling has been specially selected by Gordon & MacPhail and released as part of their hugely respected Private Collection.  One of only 56 vanishingly rare bottles produced this a bottle of supreme pedigree which would enhance even the most exclusive of collections.Some mighty fine expressions there we think you’ll all agree, though with over 7500 bottles in this month’s auction there really is something for everyone.  With the auction closing on Sunday night now is the time to start making your bids if you haven’t already; there is still time to bag that bottle you’ve been coveting so best of luck to everyone.

Meet The new 25.

Rooted in the ageless wonder of The Glenrothes Estate, The 25 will transport you away to another time and place.

After a quarter of a century patiently maturing at our Speyside distillery, the elegance of our crisp and fruity spirit has evolved. Sweet, spice and fruit flavours and fragrances mingle in sumptuous harmony — delicate decadence, born from the wisdom to wait.

As a Spirit of Rothes community member, you can register your interest below and we’ll ensure you’re the first to know when it is available where you are.

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