I met a whisky scientist at a dinner party thing on New Year’s Eve. Fascinating guy who was really passionate about his job. He reckons that 27% of all duty raised on uk food and drink export is from whisky export alone. Not sure what that equates to in real cash but still a very impressive figure.
He also told me that 90% of all whiskey is sold to make blends. Single malt is still only a niche part of the industry (but rapidly growing, especially in export to china)
Interesting info franksinatra,
Some Whiskys over the last ten years have seen some astonishing price increases since bottling, just wondering how long before this bubble bursts?