With a slew of old, rare and fine wine widely available, as well as many different kinds of good-value wines on offer, you may wonder why bother at all.

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Cars in their dramatic black showroom are pricey, rare and in extremely fine condition.

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Each Masterpiece is handcrafted over a period of at least two years, working from an original sketch and a wax mold and with rare, fine gemstones, which ultimately forges the three-dimensional works of art.

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The ultimate expression of the propensity of distilleries to release limited-edition, old whiskies is Macallan's Fine and Rare Collection.

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