As with fine wine, storing your collection in the right conditions is vital. In the long term, whisky should be kept vertical (unlike wine)
Hand a whisky lover a time machine, and they might well set the dials for 1993, when Oddbins began selling an Islay single malt matured for 29 years in sherry casks. The price of Black Bowmore – £110 a bottle – was considered pretty steep at the time, but not any more. Track down that first edition today and it’ll set you back £25,000.
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