Old Pulteney Isabella Fortuna WK499 Travel Retail 100cl / 52%

A litre bottle of Old Pulteney Isabella Fortuna WK499, a cask strength bottling exclusive to travel retail. This is named after Isabella Fortuna, a drifter fishing boat launched in 1890 and moored in Wick harbour to this day.

Old Pulteney distillery was founded in Wick in 1826 and was for many years the most northerly distillery on the Scottish mainland. Built during the town's 'herring boom', the distillery was only accessible by sea; with barley shipped in and whisky shipped out, many of the distillery workers were also herring fishermen. With over 7000 workers arriving in the town each day during herring season (and 500 gallons of whisky consumed per day!), Wick became a lawless place. Troops and gunboats were called in to keep the peace and the sale of alcohol was prohibited, a ban which lasted until 1947.

This Old Pulteney Isabella Fortuna WK499 sold at our online auction for £70