The world's biggest spirits showcase is fast approaching with the weekend in Paris set to debut hundreds of exciting new releases from the house of La Maison du Whisky!

Iconically, the festival has taken place each year at the La Grande Halle de la Villette since 2004, with the venue packed with booths showcasing everything from whiskies to rums, gins, aperitifs and more.

Over the weekend of 27th and 28th September, attendees will get to attend masterclasses and interact with distillers and brand ambassadors, in what has regularly been billed as one of the greatest drinks event in the world.

That all said, what everyone always has their eyes peeled for are the new releases that will make their first showcase during Whisky Live Paris 2025 - and guess what, we've got the full list ready for you!

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Here are some of the highlights.

Chichibu Paris Edition 2025

This crowd favourite is set to explore emblematic the neighbourhoods of Paris' Montmartre and Tokyo's Asakusa, Le Marais and Harajuku, as well as Champs-Élysées and Ginza, inviting fans to explore the geography and urban identity of the two iconic cities. Six labels have been designed for the 2025 Edition, this time in a pop and colourful graphic style in tribute to Japan's kawaii culture. Each label showcases these neighbourhoods in the form of postage stamps, evoking a sense of travel and correspondence between the cities. 

Read More About The Chichibu Paris Edition 2025 Here.

Hampden 15 Years Old - The Oldest Yet!

Whisky Live Paris 2025 is set to see the release of the oldest officially bottled fully estate aged Hampden, the Hampden 15 Years Old.

Produced over a five day fermentation, the Hampden 15 Years Old is made to the LROK (Light Rum Owen Kelly) mark with an ester count clocking in at 200-400 gr/hlpa, which was then aged for 15 years in Bourbon barrels. It is bottled at 50% ABV, with a total of 3,750 bottles to be released as an LMDW exclusive.

Read More About The Hampden 15 Years Old Here.

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Chichibu Yoshiya Hongo Collection

In this new collection of four single cask Chichibu whiskies, artist Yoshiya Hongo and Michelin-starred chef Shinichi Sato have collaborated with French spirits distributor and retailer La Maison du Whisky to explore new dimensions of art and taste.

For each expression, Hongo was invited to create an original work of art inspired by the tasting notes of Sato who helms the Parisian Restaurant Blanc. Using abstract aluminium sculptures, Hongo is said to have translated the aromatic and taste profiles of the four whiskies as selected and tasted by Sato, including a peated and unpeated duo aged in Bourbon barrel, a third aged in Oloroso Sherry, and the last being aged in a local cider cask. 

Read More About The Chichibu x Yoshiya Hongo Collection Here!

Caroni Paradise #12 Is Here

In 2022, it was announced that the last of the casks from the fabled Trinidadian Caroni Distillery had been shipped in 2019 to Cognac, France, where it would now enter the last leg of its journey, with much of the rum transferred to glass demijohns in order to stop its ageing in wood - this became the Caroni Paradise series.

The Paradise range was named in tribute to the Cognac tradition in which mature eau de vie is transferred to glass demijohns to rest in dark warehouses named the paradis, which house some of the oldest Cognacs, allowing for the spirit to live for over a century before being bottled.

Caroni Paradise #12 is bottled at 60.8% ABV and is drawn from Single Cask #5627 with just 234 bottles.

Read More About Caroni Paradise #12 Here.

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Velier's Nine Leaves Unsun Karuta Series Sees Five More

It came as a massive shock to the rum community when it was announced in 2024 that Japan's leading cult followed one-man show Nine Leaves would see its founder and operator Yoshiharu Takeuchi step down for personal familial reasons from the deeply artisanal rum-maker that he had built from scratch. What followed was an announcement that his rum making equipment as well as any remaining casks of rum he had on hand would be passed on to leading rum distributor and co-bottler (and in this case collaborator) Velier, which has since been stored in Nine Leaves' cellars that was once a former mine. Takeuchi-san had made the incredibly tough call to call it a day, and would have Velier immortalise what was left of his work in a final series so named after the Japanese card game Unsun Karuta (of 75 cards).

2024 saw the first batch of 5 Unsun Karuta release of Nine Leaves' rums - including the final distillation run, an unaged white rum titled Last Drops - and in 2025, we'll be seeing 5 more releases within the Unsun Karuta series. The 5 bottlings were produced between 2017 and 2020, and ranges from rums aged in Sherry PX casks to Armagnac, Spanish Oak and Red Wine casks.

Read More About The Five New Velier Nine Leaves Unsun Karuta Releases Here.

Four Mars Whiskies In New Sumo Collection

Paying tribute to a longstanding and iconic Japanese tradition, LMDW has bottled a set of four Mars Japanese single malt whiskies in its new Sumo Collection! The Sumo Collection will see four whiskies distilled at both of Mars' distilleries, Komagatake and Tsunuki, with each expression illustrating a different Sumo technique.

Read More About The Mars Sumo Collection Here.

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Velier's 3rd Magnum Series To Feature Full Hampden Line-Up With Photographs From Cristina De Middel

The Magnum Series is so named after the legendary Magnum photographers cooperative, which was founded in Paris in 1947 by several notable photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Magnum Series of Velier would thus feature a set of rums selected by the Italian co-bottler, with each iteration of the series featuring the photographic works of an illustrious photographer who is part of the Magnum cooperative - each bottle of said edition would thus feature a photograph from the photographer in collaboration. 

And now in 2025, it appears we have the first sneak peek at Magnum Edition #3, which will feature the work of Spanish-Belgian photographer Cristina de Middel, and just as interestingly, will feature four rums all selected from only Jamaica's Hampden Distillery.

Read More About Velier's 3rd Magnum Series Featuring Hampden x Cristina De Middel Here.

Habitation Velier Marks First Philippines Rum, Joined By Classics Foursquare And Chamarel

Habitation Velier has constantly made big strides in bringing to the world's rum community under the radar new rum-makers from every corner of the world, sniffing out rums that most have never tasted or have heard of before - whilst also keeping up with the classics. It's a tough job, but that's why Habitation Velier proves they're the greatest to ever do it - all pot still distilled from a single distillery, and therefore all pure single rums!

This time we have a newcomer from the Philippines - meet Rainforest Distillery. As we're told, Rainforest Distillery which produces the was founded in 2021 by Marc Schulze, located in Bukidnon, on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines archipelago. Interestingly this HV release will feature the use of Chardonnay White Wine Barrels too! A well-aged Foursquare 2013 and a Chamarel 2017 from Mauritius are in the cards as well.

Read More About The Habitation Velier Rainforest, Foursquare 2013 and Chamarel 2017 Here.

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Rhum Rhum Liberation 2024 Is Back And Older Than Ever

In 2005, legendary Italian rum distributor and bottler Velier's chief Luca Gargano had sought to collaborate with iconic grappa and eau-de-vie distillery Gianni Capovilla to reimagine agricultural rums. And so in the Caribbean island of Marie Galante, the pair would set out to create a new style of agricultural rums. 

Now after a four year hiatus, Rhum Rhum is back with its oldest bottlings till date - the Rhum Rhum Liberation 2024!

Read More About Rhum Rhum Liberation 2024 Here.

Kanpai!

88 Bamboo Editorial Team