Owned in your name, stored in Scotland.
You own the casks and the bottles. We select, document, store and manage them, and the paperwork proves whose they are.
You own it, we look after it
Physical casks and bottles in your own name, with documentation confirmed by the warehouse that holds them.
Delivery order
Issued and confirmed by the warehouse, recording the transfer of each cask into your name.
Contract of sale
A full description of every cask and bottle you buy, including its location.
Registration
Assets registered to your own account at the warehouse, with an invoice for the purchase.
Insurance and regauge
Cover on stored assets, and periodic regauges so the records stay current.
Storage in bonded Scottish warehousing
Casks are held in a bonded warehouse environment; rare bottles are held in secure, condition-controlled storage. Handling, security and monitoring are managed by the group's infrastructure company, Scotch Whisky Warehousing.
Explore Scotch Whisky WarehousingYour bottles, whenever you ask for them
Bottles are your property, so you can call them in at any time: shipped to you, kept in storage, or held back for a later sale. Casks are a different matter, their sampling and bottling is timed by us as part of the management of the portfolio.
Storage, security and handling
A stable environment, controlled access and careful handling over the full holding period.
Bonded warehouse
A stable, duty-suspended environment for maturing casks.
Bottle storage
Condition-controlled storage for collectible bottles.
Security
Physical security and access control.
Cask handling
Careful handling, sampling and regauging.
We manage and store. You own, and the delivery order (the document confirming your ownership of the cask) says so.
Continue with whisky investing
From how it works to returns, risks and the questions investors ask.
Value & Returns
How value is built up over time, and how we report on it.
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Risks
Illiquidity, valuation, storage and market risk, set out in plain terms.
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Why Scotch Whisky
Scotch whisky combines production constraints, long maturation and durable global demand: the traits investors look for in a physical asset.
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Whisky Casks
A living asset that develops in the wood, with maturation as part of the return.
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Rare & Collectible Bottles
A finished product, valued on brand, rarity and demand in the auction market.
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Portfolio Diversification
Why casks and bottles behave differently, and what that does for a portfolio.
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Questions about ownership and storage?
Speak with Mark Veldman about what exactly you own, where your casks are kept and how you verify it.
