Cask whisky investment: Why it’s the ‘Liquid Safeguard’ your portfolio needs Partner Cask whisky has established itself as an alternative asset in recent years, offering investors a tangible product that matures over time and has seen surging global demand, while acting as a hedge against risk assets. Speaking to Morning Wire Studios, Daniel Walker, chief executive of London’s oldest whisky investment firm, Tomoka Fine and Rare, explains [...]
Distillers One of One: The Glenlivet and Port Ellen bottles smash records Whisky The third edition of The Distillers One of One® Charity Auction smashed all expectations last week, raising nearly £3m for charity. Overall, the One of One auction raised £2.9m, setting a total of 30 auction records in the process. Record price tags were achieved for The Glenlivet, Port Ellen, Ladyburn, Glenfarclas, The Glendronach, Laphroaig, KANDOBLANC, [...]
Port Ellen cheers 200th year with Distillers One of One donation Whisky Last year, after four decades of closure, the iconic Port Ellen distillery reopened its doors just in time for its 200th anniversary. And to celebrate, the distillery has donated a one-of-a-kind bottle to the Distillers One of One auction. The Islay distillery closed in the 1980s, one of many victims of a crash that decimated [...]
Founder of whisky investment firm Hackstons tied to notorious ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ wine scam March 13, 2025 A high-flying salesman who made millions during his time at a business that was subsequently exposed as a notorious wine scam is now running a West End whisky investment firm having changed his name, Morning Wire can reveal. Alphie Valentine, 41, is the co-founder and director of Hackstons, whose flagship store opened in Knightsbridge in [...]