The Bonhams auction house will be offering their inaugural spirits sale at Bonhams Paris location at 4 Rue de la Paix in Paris on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Bonhams’ 189-lot sale will feature several rare whiskies most “notably from Italian collections….such as rare bottles from [Silvano] Samaroli, one of the last Italian whisky trading companies,…including […]
New Orleans-based Sazerac has purchased the Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy brand, related inventory and interests in certain contracts from New York-based Constellation Brands for a reported $255 million. The deal is reportedly expected to close this month (January 2021). Sazerac adds a middle/low-end brandy while Constellation Brands’ remaining spirits portfolio includes High West Whiskey.
Many of your poor decisions made in college [or, who knows, high school] may have been fueled by an overindulgence in Black Velvet and an era comes to an end as BV owner – Canada-based Constellation Brands – has sold BV to Kentucky-based Heaven Hill for the proverbial undisclosed amount. The transaction also includes a […]
Whiskey Island, a 3.1-acre bootlegger’s paradise located in the Saint Lawrence Seaway between Canada and the state of New York, is up for sale. The island was used as a way station to transport what was then illegal liquor during the Prohibition Era [1919-33] from Canada to the USA. The site also features buildings built […]
Dalmore Distillery’s Constellation Collection – four single malt whiskies from the 1960s – will go on sale in Vancouver, British Columbia, this week. The four whiskies are one bottle each of Vintage 1966 [of which only 237 were bottled], Vintage 1969, 42-Year-Old [233 bottled], Vintage 1969, 43-Year-Old [88 bottled] and Vintage 1964 [67 bottled]. The […]