Scotch Whisky Investments (SWI) has announced a significant investment in Fife, including proposals for a new multifunctional project in Falkland with an iconic headquarters, and an expansion of a whisky storage facility in Glenrothes.
Scotch Whisky Investments (SWI) has announced a significant investment in Fife, including proposals for a new multifunctional project in Falkland with an iconic headquarters, and an expansion of a whisky storage facility in Glenrothes.
More bottles went under the hammer in October at the auctions tracked by Whiskystats than in any month since May, and the Whisky Index eased slightly. Brora overtakes Port Ellen to lead the brand ranking for the first time. On 9 October, a bottle of Macallan 1926 fetched £2.125 million on the distillery's estate, in dollars the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of whisky.
The Macallan 1926 is a Scotch single malt distilled at The Macallan in Speyside in 1926, matured for sixty years in cask 263 and bottled in 1986. The cask yielded forty bottles. On 9 October 2026, one of them sold at Sotheby's for £2,125,000. In dollars, that is the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of whisky; in sterling, only a bottle from the same cask has made more.
After the quiet summer months, trading on the secondary whisky market picked up again in September. The Whisky Index rose for the fifth month in a row, Ardbeg posted its largest monthly gain since 2019 and Port Ellen widened the gap to Brora and Macallan. In India, the first price cuts are becoming visible following the trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
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