An inaccessible jewel for the vast majority of French lovers of Japanese whisky ... Among the three bottles was Nikka's cube-shaped bottle, From the Barrel. "I'd never heard of it, I thought ...
The tide began to turn in 2001 when the Nikka distillery's Yoichi 10 Year Old was awarded Whisky Magazine's prestigious "Best of the Best" award. From that point, interest in Japanese whisky ...
it released two supremely allocated releases combining five decades worth of whisky into the respective blends. Only 70 bottles of each made it to the States—also retailing at $3500. Nikka fans ...