World's Highest Whisky Tasting From Everest Base Camp

Video: World's Highest Whisky Tasting From Everest Base Camp -- The Telegraph

Join the wounded servicemen and Glenfiddich Pioneers in Everest Base Camp for the world's highest whisky tasting.

The Walking with the Wounded Everest team and the Glenfiddich Pioneers take part in a world first - live whisky tasting from Everest Base Camp.

Monty Halls hosts the webinar alongside Walking With The Wounded founders, Edward Parker and Simon Daglish, Jamie Milne from Glenfiddich and Mark Thomson of Dramatic Whisky.

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My Comment: I love the shape of the glasses that they are using to taste the scotch.

The Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve Up For Auction

A Boat, A Scot, And The Most Expensive Whisky In The World -- Daily Finance

Moored to the pier on the south end of New York's Battery Park, the white yacht pitched up and down on oily waves. But even a queasy ride across the harbor couldn't deter the host of whisky lovers, journalists, PR professionals and assorted party people from streaming aboard, eager to begin their trip to the Statue of Liberty. It was going to be a historic night.

In honor of its 125th birthday, Glenfiddich -- the world's top-selling single malt scotch -- has released what is, arguably, the most expensive whisky in the world. The Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve, a 55-year-old scotch, is being auctioned off in an extremely limited edition of only eleven bottles. The first two have already broken records: Bottle No. 1 sold for $72,630 and No. 2 went for $69,656. Thursday's auction, the third, wasn't expected to fetch as much -- generally, the first and last bottles of a limited edition whisky run sell for top dollar, while the others go for a fair bit less. Still, it promised to be an interesting evening.

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