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Glenor
A bespoke luxury private whisky cask business which owns over 1000 casks of maturing Scotch whisky brands. Glenor offers private clients and family offices access to rare whisky as an alternative asset class.
FROM CASK
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Rare Whisky Holdings is one of the first venture capital firms to focus solely on companies operating in the growing global whisky market.
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A concentrated operating platform spanning private casks, auctions, specialist e-commerce, bottling and warehousing.
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Whisky Hammer
A leading online whisky auction operating across the UK, EU and HK, specialising in rare and collectable whisky. Whisky Hammer endeavours to bring a truly personal service to its whisky buyers and whisky sellers, treating each bottle received with the respect and commitment inherent in its creation.
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Still Spirit
A spirits destination and e-commerce platform for global customers looking to purchase anything from a dram of whisky, to a bottle of spirit, to a full cask of mature brands of Scotch.
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Halcyon Spirits
A new independent bottling brand with the sole mission of bringing hard to find, collectible, and unique single cask releases to a global audience of whisky enthusiasts.
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Casks of Significance
A milestone-led private whisky cask platform creating personalised Scotch whisky casks from revered distilleries, shaped around significant moments and matured over time as part of a client’s legacy.
Whisky Lounge
Private Events
The Rare Whisky Holdings Whisky Lounge is available for private events, intimate tastings and hosted gatherings for partners, investors and invited guests.
Designed as a refined setting for conversation, cask stories and curated drams, the lounge brings together a dedicated bar, display collection and relaxed hospitality environment.
Private hire availability
A discreet lounge environment for launches, tastings, investor evenings and small-format hosted events.
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Enquire about availability for private tastings, founder dinners, media sessions and corporate hospitality in Hong Kong.
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Rickesh Kishnani
Co-Founder and Chairman
Rickesh Kishnani is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Rare Whisky Holdings, with over 20 years of experience building businesses across Hong Kong, Scotland and the US. He launched the Platinum Whisky Fund in 2014, helped raise capital for Edinburgh’s Holyrood Distillery, co-founded Glenor Cask Company, and later co-founded Rare Whisky Holdings. Earlier in his career, Rickesh was part of the HookLogic start-up team in New York before its acquisition by Criteo, and he holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan.
LinkedInLi Tan
Co-Founder
Li Tan is the Co-Founder of Rare Whisky Holdings and General Partner of the Platinum Whisky Investment Fund. She helped build the world’s first private equity fund focused on vintage and rare single malt whiskies, which raised US$12 million and exited at over US$26 million after seven years. Li began her career at Citigroup in New York and Los Angeles, later managed a Malaysian real estate corporation with US$450 million in development value, and has overseen family-office investments across public equities and alternative assets in America, Europe and Pan-Asia.
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Featured20 Apr 2026
CNBC
Rickesh Kishnani on Current Opportunities in the Whisky Market
A current-market interview on whisky as an asset class, the long-term entry opportunity, active trading strategy, and AI-powered pricing.
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Bloomberg
Broadcast
Rare Whisky Holdings: Kishnani on Spirits Investing
Bloomberg discusses rare Scotch whisky casks, asset-class performance through volatility, and the broader spirits investing outlook.
22 Dec 2023
Tatler Asia
Article
A Founding Partner of the World's First Rare Whisky Fund Shares Her Money Milestones
Li Tan reflects on building the first private equity whisky fund with Rickesh Kishnani, from early capital raise to exit.
09 Jun 2022
CNA Luxury
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Investing in Old, Rare Whiskies: How Much Is Out There and What Do NFTs Have to Do With It?
A collector-facing discussion of rare whisky access, cask ownership, blockchain, and emerging whisky-market infrastructure.
14 Mar 2022
Forbes
Article
Should You Invest in a Whisky Fund?
Forbes examines whisky as an alternative investment asset class and the precedent set by the first private equity whisky fund.
09 Dec 2021
SCMP
Article
Here's How You Can Own a Bespoke Cask of Rare Single Malt Whisky
A perspective on acquiring rare single malt whisky barrels as a collectible and investor-grade alternative asset.
10 Feb 2019
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