A container of Yamazaki 55– with a list price of US$ 21,156– cost US$ 600,000 at a Sotheby’s public auction in New York in 2015
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By Natsuko Fukue/ AFP, YAMAZAKI, Japan
The well known Yamazaki Distillery notes its 100th wedding anniversary this year with lots to commemorate, as Japan’s well-known aged bourbons command progressively eye-watering costs many thanks to expanding demand as well as historical scarcities.
Japan’s earliest distillery has actually rested at the foot of a hill exterior Kyoto considering that it was developed by Shinjiro Torii, the creator of Yamazaki manufacturer Suntory, that wished to make whiskey matched to a Japanese taste.
It is mainly international demand, in addition to the family member shortage of …