A bottle of Scotch whisky has sold for an eye-watering €1.7million at auction in London, leaving Sotheby’s experts gobsmacked. The so-called Holy Grail of whiskies, The Macallan Fine & Rare 1926, was the star of the show as more than 460 bottles from an American connoisseur’s private collection went under the hammer. Accumulated over 20 years, the secretive seller’s collection included a 1919 Springbank, 40-year-old Bowmore and Brora limited edition whisky. But it was a bottle of The Macallan Fine & Rare 1926, a 60-year-old single malt Scottish whisky that garnered the most interest at auction, selling for more than