Singapore’s drink scene is bubbling with new options to savour fine spirits
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Singapore'south drink scene is bubbling with new options to bask fine spirits
Local restaurants have been pulling out the stops to attract Singaporeans unable to go overseas to spend their travelling bucks with them. Now, it's the bottle boys' plow to punch upwardly their game.
Come up November 2021, vino lovers tin can sample fine and funky blends at private members' order 67 Drapery Mall. (Photo: 67 Pall Mall)
fourteen May 2022 06:30AM (Updated: 10 Jul 2022 04:08AM)
A flurry of new openings are bringing exclusive and rare spirits to our shores as locals increasingly seek new labels and unique experiences to satiate their wanderlust and heave their social media standing.
The growing luxury sector is also fuelling a pent-up demand. Last year, according to a Bain & Company study, Asia was the top region for luxury sales. In Knight Frank'due south 2022 Wealth Written report, Singapore topped a list of cities seen as urban powerhouses for the wealthy, and is projected to overtake Tokyo in terms of the number of Ultra Loftier Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI) in the region.
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Spotting the potential, family-owned Scottish distiller William Grant & Sons, which has brands like Glenfiddich, the Balvenie and Monkey Shoulder, has opened the globe's offset Distillers Library in Singapore.
"As consumers become connoisseurs and so collectors, it made sense to create a space where this community of passionate collectors could come together to share, appreciate and get admission to ultra-rare whiskies from our archives," said Satya Sharma, regional director Ocean and Australasia at William Grant & Sons.
"We chose Singapore every bit the first dwelling house for The Distillers Library to offer this burgeoning community of passionate collectors admission to ultra-rare whisky liquids from the Grant family unit archives."
The invite-only infinite, located in the distiller's 79 Robinson Road office, is only accessible past referral or contacting William Grant & Sons (email James.Ting [at] wgrant.com ).
The lucky few go to walk through a well-hidden door into a handsome room with mahogany leather sofas and shelves of liquid gold from the Grant family archives. At a media preview, we sampled cask drawings from a 1993 Glenfiddich Bourbon Butt that had notes of melon Starburst sweets, pear, and apple tree and hints of sauna wood, and a 1984 The Balvenie American Oak (but one bottle of this green-hued unicorn, resplendent in its tequila salt and butter profile, was sent to Singapore).
Rare bottlings will besides be released for sale, such as the limited-edition Ladyburn 1966 Edition I collection featuring 54-twelvemonth-onetime nectar from the long-shuttered Ladyburn distillery. A single bottle costs approximately South$30,000, or you can splash out Southward$350,000 on the full eleven-bottle collection. There are just 10 sets of the latter, which includes a black swan bottle with a full-color photograph.
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Sharma said: "Increasingly, nosotros've noticed that consumers in Singapore procure whisky for a variety of reasons, from purchasing a bottle from a specific year to commemorate an anniversary or a birthday, to collecting exceptional bottlings. Our goal with The Distillers Library is to provide our clients with a space to share in their love and noesis of whisky, and an opportunity for exploration and learning."
The philosophy of tasting and learning start-hand about whiskies was the inspiration behind the opening of whisky gastrobar Signature Reserve at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore. Too boutique wines, bubblies and cocktails, its main describe is 500 whiskies by the glass and a whisky omakase bill of fare consisting of 4 drams and a cocktail paired with food.
Co-founder Benjamin Tan shared: "Nosotros saw the gap between the demand to attempt old and rare whiskies and their supply. It is nearly impossible to notice any bars in Singapore that open more five dissimilar xl-yr-old whisky expressions for people to try past the glass.
"Typically these liquid golds are just accessible if they decide to purchase the full bottles... we desire to brand any whiskies attainable to anyone who cares to effort."
This ways that instead of shelling out S$5,500 for a bottle of rare 1977 Tomatin single malt, yous tin sip a shot for South$166 at Signature Reserve, or an Ardbeg 22 Year Old Rare Cask from Tan's private drove for S$157.
Another thespian staking a claim on the luxury spirits pie: Louis Xiii Cognac, which launched a permanent "shop" in The Whisky Distillery'due south flagship at Ane Raffles Place. The boutique offers the widest range of Louis 13 products available in any Southeast Asian domestic market, from miniatures to a gigantic six-litre crystal decanter Le Mathusalem.
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Remy Cointreau's managing director for Southeast Asia Pacific Tyrel Brawl said: "We see a big opportunity for local consumption with travel off the table and Singaporeans redirecting their income to be spent locally. At that place is articulate bear witness of [an inclination towards premium products] and even during these challenging times, Louis Xiii has been the almost resilient part of our cognac portfolio inside Remy Cointreau in Singapore."
Come November 2021, vino lovers tin sample fine and funky blends at 67 Pall Mall. Even before the official discussion was out, the London private lodge's Singapore outpost already had those-in-the-know snapping up its initial offering of two,500 memberships.
Niels Sherry, 67 Pall Mall'south chief operating officer, shared that the 11,000 sq ft space occupying the 27th floor penthouse of Shaw Eye volition have soaring ceilings and a 270-caste view of the Orchard Road shopping belt.
Information technology volition offer over 6,000 wines from 42 different countries, with 800 wines past the glass, ranging from a Domaine Jamet Cote-Rotie – a classic French red sold only by allocation – to a rare Hughes & Hughes "25% Whole Bunch" Pinot Noir from a small-scale-scale vineyard in Tasmania.
The club is partnering Les Amis Group on the food bill of fare, which will be "lxx per cent stylised on what we do in London and 30 per cent locally influenced".
Sherry added: "One reason I think we're going to be successful hither in Singapore is that we don't accept ourselves too seriously, We're here to relax and have some good wine that you tin get for less than half the cost you pay per bottle in a restaurant. Amazing food, wine and people in an amazing space, it'll be very cool."
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