(29 Nov 2006) SHOTLIST
1. Tilt down exterior of Bonhams auction house
2. Mid of sign
3. Master of Wine, Richard Harvey approaching cabinet and selecting Glenavon bottle of whisky
4. Various of bottle of whisky
4. Close up of top of bottle
5. Various of bottle and label
6. SOUNDBITE English): Richard Harvey, Master of Wine:
"The lady selling it has had it in her family for three generations. I imagine that it was probably initially bought to drink, and then later it was pushed to the back of the cupboard. And as it acquired a certain history, people became terrified to broach (open) it. To such an extent that I think the lady came to us and I think, once she discovered it had a serious value, she was then too frightened to open it - so she's consigned it for sale."
7. Various of bottle being held up to light
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Richard Harvey, Master of Wine:
"The whisky should taste not very different to what it was when it was bottled. Whisky, like other spirits, doesn't alter in the bottle. The maturation takes place in the cask. So one could perhaps assume it would taste very similar to a modern Speyside whisky, but obviously with 150 years of bottle age to it."
9. Tilt up from reflection of bottle to bottle itself
10. Wide of whisky among other bottles in cabinet
STORYLINE
Auctioneers in London are preparing to sell what could be the world's oldest bottle of whisky.
It's believed to be around 150 years old.
And with interest from bidders around the globe, the price tag could reach 10,000 pounds (18,000 US dollars)- the equivalent of 300 pounds (564 US dollars) a shot.
According to the label, the whisky was bottled by the distillers, Glenavon, who ceased operating in the 1850s.
The bottle features a cork rather than a screw top - another sign of great age.
The auction is due to take place at Bonhams on Thursday.
Bonhams' expert Richard Harvey - a Master of Wine - said the bottle was being sold by a woman from Northern Ireland who's had it in her family for three generations.
"As it acquired a certain history, people became terrified to open it," he said.
Anyone who does open it may find it tastes surprisingly modern, said Harvey.
"Like other spirits, whisky doesn't mature in the bottle, just in the cask. So it's likely to taste much the same as it did a century and a half ago."
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