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A very exciting and rare bottling where you have a chance to own a piece of whisky history! The bottle comes from one of the most famous shipwrecks in history, the S.S Politician.
The SS Politician ran aground off the shores of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941.
The salvage operation by divers, islanders, and the efforts of custom and excise officials to frustrate this, inspired the novel Whisky Galore. This was adapted for cinema in 1949 and again in 2016.
Everyone in the whisky world is well aware of the significance of the SS Politician, which is why its story has been adapted for cinema twice. The whisky onboard ranged from Gilbey’s, Ballantine’s, VAT 69 and more.
This bottle was the first prize in a 300 words or less poem competition run by The Mail on Sunday in 1987. The competition asked for entries from all over the UK and it received a vast amount of attention. The judging panel deemed that Scott McLarens poem of "Polly" was undoubtedly the most worthy winner. The runners-up received a bottle of Glenmorangie.
This lot includes the newspaper clippings of the story, competition entry requirements, newspaper confirmation of the winner, the winning poem, letter to the winner, photo of the winner and of course the bottle itself.
- Country: Scotland
- Region: All of Scotland
- Type: Blended Whisky
- Lot Type: Full Size
- Shipping Weight: 6.00 KG
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