IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU
Many of us have nostalgic memories of the family drinks cupboard at Christmas. Familiar brands with names that roll off the tongue: Martini, Campari, Cinzano Bianco, Gordon’s London Dry and Smirnoff Vodka Red Label. There’s father’s favourite gin, grandma’s dusty bottle of sherry – a survivor from Christmases past – and, languishing at the back, that exotic liqueur with the unpronounceable name. And lingering over everything – the sweet, evocative smell of spirit, plastic and glass.
Rare old whiskies are an established connoisseur’s market, and bottles of Macallan – a single malt whisky considered by many to be one of the greatest and
