50 years
Martin Miles’s collection · Scotland
Scotch Whisky Collection
Kept with care. Bottle by bottle. Watched over by its Keeper.
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The collection
A living record of bottle, place and memory.
This is a personal Scotch whisky collection documented with the discipline of an archive and the warmth of a story still being written.
Every portrait keeps the bottle, its packaging and the Keeper together. Facts enter the ledger only when they can be verified.
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Lynxy · The Keeper
A familiar presence in an uncommon archive.
The recurring keeper of the Scotch Whisky Collection and the quiet presence beside each collection portrait. Her quiet presence connects the collection to the practical history of working cats around grain stores and distillery buildings.
Read Lynxy’s storySelected portraits
From the cabinet.
Nine singular records from the private collection, arranged as a fixed study in age and rarity. Every photograph remains complete and uncropped.
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Martin Miles · The Collector
Collected personally. Documented deliberately.
Scotland gave me far more than a love of whisky: it gave me a lasting affection for its landscapes, people and traditions. This collection keeps those journeys close, one carefully chosen bottle and memory at a time.
Meet Martin MilesJournal
Notes from the road, the cask and the glass.
In this journal, I share the thoughts, knowledge and discoveries gathered through years of exploring whisky and Scotland. Read on, follow the stories behind each glass, and join me as the archive continues to grow.
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