Our bonded warehouse partners
Bonded warehouses for whisky casks
A home for your cask.
Good cask ownership includes knowing where your whisky rests and who looks after it. Meet Castlelaw and Volpe & Castello, our warehouse partners in Scotland.
Glenglassaugh Distillery · Image credits
Illustrative storage context; not a photograph of either partner below.
Practical questions for a cask owner
Which records should I receive?
Ask for the exact cask reference, warehouse location, ownership-record sequence and who may give instructions. Keep these with the contract and any later gauge.
Can I visit or take a sample?
Ask about the arrangements for your cask before planning travel or a tasting. Access, sampling, handling and delivery depend on the warehouse and the agreed service.
Can I take bottles home?
Bottling needs an agreed production and delivery route, with naming rights, packaging, duty and destination requirements considered. It is not the same operation as drawing a warehouse sample.
Which charges should I check?
Confirm included storage and insurance, later annual charges, and prices for samples, regauges, movement and bottling before instructing work.
See the cost worksheet and the bottling guide.
01 / Glenrothes
Castlelaw
Our published account of a Castlelaw visit in Glenrothes describes meeting the warehouse team and inspecting client-held casks. [4]
For your own cask, we explain the warehouse arrangements, the records and the practical next steps before you decide. The relevant company record is Castlelaw Bonded Warehouses (Glenrothes) Ltd. [2]
02 / Fife
Volpe & Castello
Volpe & Castello describes its warehouse locations in Fife, with dunnage, racked and palletised storage across its facilities. Its published services also include inventory management and single-cask bottling. [3]
We help you understand the location and services for your proposed cask. Your proposal should explain storage, later bottling and any movement arrangements.
In plain English
What does “in bond” mean?
Alcohol can be held in approved premises or excise warehouses with duty suspended. Suspended does not mean cancelled: duty liability remains, and duty becomes payable when a duty point is reached. [5]
The warehouse arrangement is only one part of ownership. Your proposal should also explain who owns the identified cask, how that is recorded, included storage and insurance, and who can authorise later instructions.
Your cask, your plans
Keep the next step simple.
Start with the available records and a conversation. Visits, samples, regauges, transfers and bottling depend on the cask, the warehouse and the agreed arrangements. Any chargeable work needs a clear purpose, a quote and your approval.
Not every WCC cask is stored at the same warehouse. We identify the applicable warehouse and arrangements for the cask being discussed.
People, place and paperwork
Let’s talk about your cask.
Exploring your first cask or asking about one you already own? Tell us what you have in mind. No purchase is made through this website, and storage does not guarantee a future value or sale.
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