The 4 Stages - Buying Whisky Off-Plan
Stage 1
Reserved for Existing Clients (20% Cask Allocation)
Getting involved in Stage 1 of production is exclusively reserved for existing clients and Premier Whisky Black Cardholders only. If you’re buying in at this level you are amongst a group of whisky elite in Asia who have traded with us before.
Securing your allocation now allows you to benefit from a 52.5% below official release price and this is truly a breakthrough achievement, an industry first.
To qualify for buy in at this level, you will need to have done business with SMG in the past and have established confidence to get in early. In most cases, this is once the cask sample and product concept will be agreed on. No official renders confirmed, no decanters selected, literally ground zero.
Stage 2
Limited Private Clients Offer (3D Renders Approved)
50% Below Market Price (50% Cask Allocation)
This is the very best time for a new client to enter into one of our ultra-premium distillery releases. For those buying in at Stage 2, for the very first time in whisky history, our private clients will be in a position to do business, via SMG, directly with the industry globally.
We have contracts in place with the likes of Gordon & Macphail which allow our clients to sell their whisky into the UK, Europe and across Asia with no restrictions. So, you can now trade multiple bottles at once, to our network of retail outlets, hotels, bars and members clubs.
Retail stores work on 30%+ margins and if you want to trade multiple units, we need to accommodate their fees. But now, rather than releasing one or two bottles per trade, we are potentially trading tens or hundreds at a time.
Stage 3
Limited Private Clients Offer (Decanters Complete)
30% Below Market Price (20% Cask Allocation)
Getting involved at stage 3 allows investors to secure their whisky Pre-release and the filled decanters registered into their names at London City Bond.
We have contracts in place with the likes of Gordon & Macphail which allow our clients to sell their whisky into the UK, Europe and across Asia with no restrictions. So, you can now trade multiple bottles at once, to our network of retail outlets, hotels, bars and members clubs.
Retail stores work on 30%+ margins and if you want to trade multiple units, we need to accommodate their fees. But now, rather than releasing one or two bottles per trade, we are potentially trading tens or hundreds at a time.
Allocations From HKD$500,000+
Stage 4
Official Pre-Release (Box Complete, Delivered)
10% Below Market Price (10% Cask Allocation)
For those wishing to buy in right before the whisky hits the market, we offer a 10% discount to the market price, whilst stocks last.
This is a more affordable entry-level that we’ve found popular with collectors or smaller investors looking to secure a rare bottle or two, before its official release and below market value.
Be amongst those in the know and secure your collectable whisky below market price and before anyone else!
Allocations From HKD$200,000+