Welcome to Inbox, our weekly round up of whisky news and PR material that has found its way in to our WFE email. Inbox features items from around the world of whisky and is published by us each Friday. Here is this week’s whisky news …
Chivas Regal
The premium blended Scotch whisky brand of Chivas has collaborated with grillz artist Dolly Cohen to design a bottle for its 15 Years Old expression. The gold bottle for Chivas Regal XV is exclusive to Selfridge’s and their London Oxford Street store. The liquid remains the same as in the classic 15 Years Old, but is adorned with a limited edition design. Paris-based jeweller and artist Cohen has been credited for bringing a female focus to the grillz mouth jewellery trend. Her work has been worn by music artists including Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Madonna.
The Chivas Regal XV x Dolly Cohen is limited to just 200 bottles and these are available in the Oxford Street store and online at www.selfridges.com. Each bottle will cost £65. In addition, Cohen has designed a 14-carat gold cage to hold the bottle – this is on display in Selfridge’s Oxford Street and has a retail value of £18,000.
Compass Box
The independent whisky maker of Compass Box has revealed details of the latest bottling of its legendary Hedonism bottling. Hedonism was launched shortly after the company was founded in 2000 and is widely recognised as helping the rebirth of blended grain whiskies. It was a core product until being withdrawn in 2023. Now it is an annual small batch release, which is created by James Saxon, Whisky Making Director at Compass Box.
The Compass Box Hedonism 2025 Edition features several single grain whiskies including Girvan and three different pockets from Cameronbridge. One of the Cameronbridge whiskies has seen a lengthy secondary maturation in first-fill ex-Marsala barriques. The bottling continues the brand’s approach of working with female artists for the label and packaging. This year sees a collaboration with Argentinian artist Sofia Bonati.
The new whisky is bottled at 46% ABv and there are just 9,912 bottles available. These will be available via selected specialist whisky retailers worldwide. For further information – please visit www.compassboxwhisky.com. A bottle will cost £85/ US$107.
