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Top 50 innovative new spirits of 2018
The Spirits Business •dekanta's Kikou bottling features in the coverage image for The Spirits Business' Top 50 Innovative Spirit Launches of 2018.
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This Taiwanese Distillery Is Breaking the Rules to Make Fruitier Peated Whisky
Robb Report •The latest must-have release from Kavalan is its Solist Peaty Cask ($399), the second limited-edition release in a range of single-cask whiskies curated by online retailer dekantā, home of the world’s largest online selection of Japanese spirits.
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The Kikou from the Ki Series Scores at Independent Bottlers Challenge
Independent Bottlers Challenge •A Bronze medal for Taste goes to dekanta Ki Series - Kikou Japanese Whisky - Eigashima. Gold and Silver went to one of the oldest of Scotland's 'modern' independent bottlers, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.
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Asian Collectors Cause Japanese and Scotch Whisky Sales to Soar
Robb Report •“The first edition [of the 50 Year Old Yamazaki] came out in 2005,” notes Makiyo Masa, founder and director of Tokyo-based Dekanta, the world’s largest mail-order retail specialist of Japanese whiskies. “The second edition came out in 2007, with also only 50 bottles released, and the third edition came out in 2011 and 150 bottles of this whisky were released. The anticipation for these bottles, each upon their release, was huge. The result of recent auctions indicate that these bottles are only becoming more desirable over time.” Masa, who currently has a single bottle of 50 Year Old Yamazaki from the second edition, estimates that a complete set—comprising one bottle from each of the three editions—would be valued at more than one million dollars.
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Stock Up Now: There’s a Looming Japanese Whisky Shortage
Robb Report •“These (NAS whiskies) are likely to have a positive impact on the diversity of the Japanese whisky market,” says Masa. “So far, Suntory and Nikka have undoubtedly dominated, but if their popular whiskies become prohibitively expensive, then Japanese whisky fans may turn to smaller producers, such as Chichibu, Eigashima/White Oak and Yamazakura, to name but a few who are making wonderful, interesting whiskies that have yet to gain international recognition.”
