Whisky Geek » Most Expensive http://whiskygeek.com Whisky, whiskey, rye, bourbon, scotch, it's all here. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Forbes :: In Pictures: World’s Most Expensive Whiskies http://whiskygeek.com/2008/06/08/forbes-in-pictures-worlds-most-expensive-whiskies/ http://whiskygeek.com/2008/06/08/forbes-in-pictures-worlds-most-expensive-whiskies/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:21:48 +0000 whiskygeek http://whiskygeek.com/2008/06/08/forbes-in-pictures-worlds-most-expensive-whiskies/ Interesting article on Whisky and it’s current ultra-premium faction.  As it becomes more and more popular, the top end goes higher and higher very quickly.

On a recent trip to New York City a young man from Toronto stepped into Park Avenue Liquor Shop and bought a $10,000 bottle of single malt Scotch for his son.

“He wanted something very special,” says Vice President Jonathan Goldstein, who sold him his second-to-last Macallan 50-year-old in its Lalique crystal decanter. “I don’t think he actually has a son–yet,” says Goldstein. “In fact, I don’t even think his wife is pregnant.”

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