Category: Market Analysis

  • Pricing Whisky

    Pricing Whisky

    We finally use the full power of our database to put some market conform price tags on whiskies we do not track yet. This is the first time we let our Whiskystats Price Model off the leash! 

  • From Diageo to Pernod Ricard, the Big Whisky Players

    From Diageo to Pernod Ricard, the Big Whisky Players

    It is time for the next step in the analysis of the secondary whisky market. Today, we take a closer look at those entities who actually own the distilleries that produce the bottles we drink and trade. Who are they? How much do they own? 

  • Original versus Independent Bottlings

    Original versus Independent Bottlings

    This time we have a closer look at the bottlers of our precious single malts. In particular we want to compare independent bottlings and those which were originally bottled by the distillery itself. Does the bottler affect the secondary whisky market prices? 

  • The Most Unlimited Limited Editions

    The Most Unlimited Limited Editions

    We take a closer look at limited editions. What does it really mean? How many bottles of a “limited” edition whisky can there be? Does the number of existing bottles affect the price? Many questions, and we sure found some answers. 

  • We introduce Whi-Whi, the Whisky Collecting Monkey

    We introduce Whi-Whi, the Whisky Collecting Monkey

    Did you ever asked yourself what a monkey would experience if he started collecting whisky? If your answer is yes, we finally have you covered. If your answer is no, you may be still interested in what we found out! 

  • The New Age of NAS

    The New Age of NAS

    Many words have been said and many lines have been written about No-age-statement whisky. In this article, we don’t want to discuss the pros and cons of whiskies without an age-statement. In this article, we have a look at how the prices of these whiskies evolved on the secondary market. 

  • What the Whisky World thinks about the Japanese Whisky Boom

    What the Whisky World thinks about the Japanese Whisky Boom

    By analysing the whisky auction prices of the last decade, we identified a massive price explosion of japanese whiskies over the past three years. As our figures tell only half the story, we asked some true whisky enthusiasts for their opinions on our observations.  

  • Auction Report: Whisky Auction’s January Auction

    Auction Report: Whisky Auction’s January Auction

    To support the first ever whisky auction live podcast, we used the whiskystats database to predict the prices for some lots of the most recent Whisky Auction’s online auction. The hammer fell last Saturday (9th of January 2016), so now it is time to compare our predictions with the actually achieved prices.

  • The Capacity of the Whisky Producers

    The Capacity of the Whisky Producers

    By observing the whisky auction prices, we can determine the most wanted whisky regions and distilleries. As a first attempt to source differences in prices we now want to compare the production capacities and put them in relation to the whiskystats index values. 

  • The Japanese Whisky Boom

    The Japanese Whisky Boom

    Few trends have dominated the secondary whisky market as the boom of japanese whiskies did. While the gold rush seems to be over (or is it?), we wonder in which direction the nippon trend will evolve. That said, it is about time to add japanese whiskies to our database!