Vintage Acquisitions Reviews 505

This is the third time we have acquired a cask. Each time I have had excellent advice and support from my accounts manager. I am looking forward to visiting the new bond as soon as we are able!!

Just purchased another barrel of whiskey with guidance from Ryan to widen/improve my portfolio of barrels.

Another great purchase from Vintage Acquisitions and a peated cask from Harris. Great support from Daniel and his knowledge of whisky and investment.

Really helpful and friendly. Great advice and good deals.

Straightforward advice. Responded very comprehensively to questions.

Having purchased two further casks, the advice and support from Matthew Soper was of a high standard as usual.
Matthew kept us well informed of developments and opportunities.
We can’t fault the service provided and are very appreciative.

As smooth as the whiskey they sell, no issues , clear communication

As an existing investor, I paid a visit to the Campbeltown Bond last week. It s a huge undertaking that will have an impact on Campbeltown, boosting the local economy,
Fergus the MD, picked us up in Campbeltown and took us to Machrihanish, where he and James, the manager, gave us a guided tour. Significant work to meet fire regulations has recently been completed, and the erection of racking is about to get under way. The warehouse was previously a huge US Airforce hangar, and the scale of the operation has to be seen to be believed.
Casks are already starting to arrive, so if you have any, they will end up in the state-of-the-art racking in the coming months. All very impressive!
Alan Scapens

Very quick and easy process, Matthew was great offered great advice and helped me through the process

Easy experience. Great membership portal.
Great to kbow that the whisky is secure in the Campbelltown warehouse

Ryan is very knowledgeable through the process I did not feel pressured at all. He help me make the right decision on my investment.

Always a good experience.Very helpful and matter expedited very successfully.
Purchase concluded within a week

Another great piece of advice from Lauren and a new investment made simple. Fabulous professional service as always from the wider team at Vintage Acquisitions.

I think what I liked most was the friendly and no pressure approach. I am a real novice about whisky and Lauren shared some of expertise and knowledge which was fab

Highly attentive and professional service

As someone heavily invested in casks, my main contacts Robert Long and Adam Hawkins welcomed me as “just the customer they’d like to have”. Cue a lengthy period of courting including lunches, drinks, even a trip to Murrayfield. The team here really does "invest in relationships". I was hoping that they would be able to help to find buyers for some of my existing casks, and various overtures were made to that effect but nothing tangible in the end. We evan began a discussion regarding the possibility of an own bottling. I ended up buying two casks of Dalmore 2015 through them, at a combined value of £46k (equivalent to £214/RLA). Alarm bells started ringing when I was offered another parcel of Dalmore 2015 for £150/RLA - and even more so when another third party advised "nothing is worth more than £4 / RLA / year", placing a combined value of £7.7k on the two casks. Note that this a "wholesale value" - in most industries you would obviously expect a wholesale-retail mark up but 6x seems excessive. With the recent noise around fraudulent activity in the industry reaching fever pitch I approached Robert for an exit. To their credit they did find a buyer, however, this was subject to a 20% "early redemption" fee that was not previously advised to me. Now, this is noted in small print on the website but at no point in the purchase process was it pointed out. They did reduce this to 15% as a token of goodwill - still a very expensive rugby ticket and lesson. The team at VA are adamant they are doing the right thing, building a fully integrated operation including storage and exit strategy through bottling. I obviously didn't fully test that - getting 85% back was more important to me than 0% - and I remain dubious about bubble market cask valuations premised on theoretical unicorn bottles. Vintage Acquisitions maintain that they are building a independent bottling brand and customer base willing to pay a premium for single casks and thereby building a distribution platform for the liquid in casks at their in house valuations. This certainly makes them a much more credible player than others in the industry. However, at the end of the day the numbers speak for themselves: £7k out of pocket and not a single one of my casks sold.

I always get prompt and precise advice. Great deals

Speedy and careful is my experience

I had an absolutely outstanding experience with Vintage Acquisitions from start to finish. Daniel guided us through the entire cask investment process with professionalism and genuine care. He took the time to explain everything in detail, which really gave us confidence not only in the investment itself but also in the company. It’s clear that they truly value their clients and are committed to providing an excellent level of service. Highly recommended for anyone considering cask investment!