A Vietnamese businessman has been revealed by valuation experts at Rare Whiskey 101 to be the owner of the world’s most valuable Whiskey collection. According to the company, if the whole whiskey was auctioned, it is valued at an estimated price of 10.8 million pounds.
Nguyen Dinh Tuan Viet, a businessman living in Ho Chi Minh City, owns 535 bottles of the world’s oldest and rarest whiskey. The record has been confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Viet says he has no intention of reining in his passion. As well as several other bottles of Macallan 1926, Viet’s collection also holds one of only twelve bottles of the oldest. Bowmore ever released, which also happens to be both the most expensive Bowmore and the most expensive Islay malt in the world, with a similar bottle fetching £300,000 at auction recently. From Islay to Campbeltown, the collection also includes one of only twenty four bottles of the 1919 vintage Springbank.
Viet’s passion for collecting started for over 20 years, when he was in his mid-twenties. And his more than 500 rare bottles are locked securely in a bespoke whisky lounge at home.
“For me, whisky collecting has been my life’s passion. Every spare I moment I get, I’m searching auction sites and trading websites to find famous and rare whiskies from around the world. Clearly this requires a lot of patience and no shortage of tenacity, but I’m proud of my efforts. As for my collection, I have no intention of selling any of it. Not one bottle. In fact, I’ll continue to hunt for more old and rare bottles and add to and enrich it.” He adds that he was “surprised” to be named the world record holder.
Rare Whisky 101 arrived at the collection’s valuation by determining each bottle’s expected open market price; in effect what the collection could realistically be expected to fetch if sold at auction within the UK in the current market. The valuation was subsequently submitted to Guinness World Records, who confirmed the feat by certification in November this year.
Andy Simpson, co-founder of Rare Whisky 101 said: “We were somewhat gobsmacked, not to mention a little envious, when we realised the breadth and depth of Mr Viet’s collection. It’s a truly stunning example of one person’s twenty year passion and desire to seek out the finest, rarest bottles of whisky in the world.”
Rare Whisky 101 arrived at the collection’s valuation by determining each bottle’s expected open market price; in effect what the collection could realistically be expected to fetch if sold at auction within the UK in the current market. The valuation was subsequently submitted to Guinness World Records, who confirmed the feat by certification in November this year.
Andy Simpson, co-founder of Rare Whisky 101 said: “We were somewhat gobsmacked, not to mention a little envious, when we realised the breadth and depth of Mr Viet’s collection. It’s a truly stunning example of one person’s twenty year passion and desire to seek out the finest, rarest bottles of whisky in the world.”
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