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Chris Brockway in California is making excellent quality wines, with as little intervention as possible.
A beautifully textured wine from Domaine Guerrin.
A spruce IPA with actual spruce sprigs!
Aged for a minimum of 3 years, Veuve Cliquot NV is an assemblage of 30-40% reserve wines from many different crus, alongside younger wines.
A Champagne House that only releases vintages, Dom Perignon is a true great in the Champagne world.
Krug is a special Champagne, comprising of citrus fruit flavours, hazelnut, nougat and brioche notes.
A beautiful Rose Champagne from Moet & Chandon. Within the assemblage, the Pinot Noir brings intensity, the Pinot Meunier brings roundness, and the Chardonnay brings elegance.
A festive ale by Williams Brothers, that has been spruced up with spruce sprigs.
We are massive fans of French apple brandy (Calvados), as it brings so many rich, fruity flavours to the spirits’ party.
Made using grape pomace (produced by local vineyards, pomace is a by-product of winemaking) from the Veneto area in Northern Italy, Nardini Grappa is made at the Nardini distillery, which is the oldest grappa distillery in Italy, founded in 1779.
The Seignette family have been bottling and selling Cognac for over 200 years.
Glencadam is a less well-known single malt, with nice bright fruity notes, including apples and raisins.
An 8-year-old cider brandy, aged in French oak casks that were salvaged from a shipwreck on the Devon coast.
From the Borderies area in Cognac, which is the smallest area with some of the oldest soil.
This is Fanny Fougeret's extra old, more balanced and easy drinking single cask, single estate cognac.
A wonderfully complex venerable Armagnac.
With Pisco, the aim is to create a brandy that is a pure expression of the excellent Peruvian grape varieties that go into the process.
Grown on their own estate, the 100% 1st growth Grande Champagne grapes used for this Cognac produce lots of big flavours which benefit from long ageing in French oak casks.
The brilliantly named El Gobernador Pisco is produced by famed Chilean wine producer Miguel Torres, using Moscatel grapes.
The Montesquiou family have been assembling fine Armagnacs for decades, and have family history going back to 1040 in the region.
A Germany brandy with an ardent following, Asbach is made from French grapes, double distilled in copper pot stills and matured in Limousin oak casks, coopered by their onsite cooper.
A 9-year-old rich, fruity Calvados made from excellent Normandy apples.
A 2-year-old Calvados, distilled in small copper column stills, and aged in oak casks.
Distilled using local grapes, and aged in Oloroso and Amontillado sherry casks, in a solera system.
From the orchards to the glass, all the apples for every product that Somerset Cider Brandy produce are grown in their orchards and distilled on site.
This is their 10 year old cider brandy which has spent 10 years in oak barrels.
A blend of 20 different cognacs from the Petit & Grande Champagne regions of Cognac, with the youngest being 4 years old within the blend.
With an average age of 10 years old, this is a blend of around 20 different Petite and Grande champagne cognacs.
Maxime Trijol started distilling Cognac in the early 1960's.
A richer, heavier brandy than Cognac, Armagnac is a bit of a hidden gem.
Ugni Blanc grapes grown in the Fins Bois region go into making this VSOP Cognac.
A delightful blend of Somerset cider brandy and juice from one of the finest, rarest vintage cider apples.
A full, fruity pot still Jamaican rum from the highly rated Hampden Distillery.
A dark smoky beer made using the world-famous Ardbeg peated malted barley, brewed at the William's Brothers brewery in Alloa, in collaboration with Brewgooder.
A dark red ale, with caramel, fruitiness, and body by the Het Anker Brewery.
A rich, nutty Christmas ale from the Hugye brewery.
A nutty dry white port from the brilliant Niepoort.
This 3-and-a-half-year-old port is harvested from 30-year-old vines, before being trodden in lagares and aged in small old oak casks.
A cider with a twist.
Made in East Lothian, Thistly Cross Traditional Cider is a lighter, sweeter cider than some of the drier ciders in our range.
A medium-dry cider from the team at Scruffy Dog.
A combination of 100% fresh pressed cider and hand foraged elderflower.
In 1985, Allan Hogan was inspired by his neighbour to start making cider from his apple orchard.
Founded by George Blues (great name), Scruffy Dog Cider is made using a combination of cider apples from Herefordshire in England, and Perthshire in Scotland.
A nice refreshing Brittany Cider.
Burrow Hill Sparkling Cider is made at the Somerset Cider Company, using 11 varieties of vintage apple that have been grown in their orchards.
Complex, textured and concentrated with ripe orchard fruit and tart gooseberry combined with an unctuous nuttiness and a floral, slightly flinty note towards the finish - a delightful pairing for fresh seafood and poultry.
Paying homage to Edinburgh's status as a Unesco City of Literature, this book themed gift pack contains a bottle of Edinburgh Gin Classic, a mixing glass, spoon, measure, and zester.
A full bodied, fruity single malt whisky, from the Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull.
Fruity and full of flavour, the Hepple Gin is made using foraged ingredients at the Hepple Estate in the beautiful Northumberland National Park.
From the highly regarded drinks industry professionals behind Edinburgh Bar Lucky Liquor Co, this is their take on a 500-year-old liqueur.
Aged rum from the Foursquare distillery - distilled and aged on Barbados - is then blended with coffee, vanilla and cream.
From farm to bottle, Ogilvy grow and distil all the potatoes and blackcurrants for this product on site at their farm distillery in Angus, Scotland.
Since 1885 the Giffard family have produced liqueurs of exceptional quality.
From wild-foragers turned food and drink specialists, Buck & Birch have created a range of nature-inspired delights, which incorporate that nature into their ingredients.
Tempus Fugit were formed with a noble aim: "The goal is to source and recreate rare spirits and liqueurs from the pages of history to satisfy the demands of the most discerning connoisseur".
From 5ha of organically farmed vines in Salvaterra de Minho - inland & close to the Portuguese border.
From 4ha vineyards surrounding the bodega, on fertile & well draining soils on the left bank of the River Sil.
If you are searching for an excellent Champagne alternative, this could be a great bottle for you.
Grower Cava' from winemaker Ramon Jané - organically farming only his own fruit.
Luxardo have a long lineage of making liqueurs - especially those featuring in cocktails - going back to 1821.
Developed by the folks behind hugely successful Edinburgh bar Bramble, this liqueur is tailor made for the cocktail of the same name - though it of course has many other uses.
Dijon's Edmond Briottet is a renowned producer of liqueurs going back 150 years.
An elderberry liqueur made in Scotland using foraged ingredients and sustainable practises.
Renowned liqueur experts Briottet still make over sixty types of liqueur in Dijon.
The marl and limestone slopes of Turckheim and Wintzenheim provide great purity and expression to this noble grape.
The Brand vineyard in Alsace is south facing, getting high levels of sunshine.
A limited edition of Yellow Chartreuse, made up of a combination of botanical distillates specially selected by Sommeliers of Cuvée des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France - or The Best Craftsmen of France.
With the release of Ben Lomond gin, it was natural that gin liqueurs would follow.
A green walnut liqueur, created with Italian digestifs in mind, and with a nod to the walnut liqueur drinking Picts of Scottish history.
A blend of creams from five farms in County Cork is further mixed with triple distilled Irish whiskey to create a delicious cream liqueur.
This complex liqueur contains over 130 different botanicals which continue to age and infuse in the bottle over time.
Based in Dijon for over 150 years, the Briottet family are experts in liqueur production.
To make this Creme de Banane, Tempus Fugit take bananas ripened to perfection, and distil these.
A partnership of 18 young "lavradores" (growers) who under the direction of Paulo Ruão (one of the most respected and experienced winemakers in the Douro) are working together to bottle their own wine, rather than selling to a local co-op.
A small group of wine producers in the Douro work together to make this fruity, expressive white blend of Malvasia Fina, Gouveio and Siria grapes.
Alfrocheiro, jaen, tempranillo & touriga nacional grown at over 700m on granite & schist, south of the Douro & adjacent to the Spanish border.
Lunetta is a very tasty, award winning Prosecco.
Passerina ('little Sparrow') is named after the little birds who have a particular fondness for this grape variety.
An intense, interesting & unusual expression of Verdejo, grown organically on a family-run estate on a high plateau inland from Valencia.
As the sister shop to Royal Mile Whiskies, many of our colleagues enjoy a dram of Scotland's finest, and often ask us what a great wine for whisky drinkers is.
Potentially some of the oldest Trousseau vines in the world, dating to 1932, and rumoured to be up to 30 years older than that!
"Like top-notch Beaujolais on acid".
Port of Leith distillery will be using Oloroso from Bodegas Barón to season the casks for their whisky - this partnership demonstrates the quality of the raw materials.
Hondarrabi Zuri grapes, a touch of effervescence & bright acidity.
Poeirinho' references the old name for the Baga grape variety and the Bairrada wines of the past.
Made by the brilliant Marta Soares, from the ancient vine "Vital" grapes, organically farmed on the north side of Serra Montejunto.
An absolutely beautiful expression of Alvarinho, from the Cerdeira family's oldest vines, 10% of which are barrel fermented.
Nero d'Avola is one of Sicily's key grapes.
A good value organic white from the north west corner of Sicily.
Some of the most desirable wines in France, wines from the Châteauneuf-du-Pape area of the Rhone Valley come with a reputation for excellence, and this wine from Château Maucoil, a vineyard on the left bank of the River Rhone, doesn't disappoint.
Classic sunny Californian fruit attack with soft and enveloping cherry and sweet violet aromas.
Chalky, clean, green apple, soft almond & a touch of entirely appropriate Gavi bitterness.
From calcareous loam soils in Nußdorf, Pfalz.
Quite possibly our best value Rioja.
From the rich, fertile, south west facing slopes of "the Kingdom of Heaven" (a historic name, referring to the heavenly wines produced in this area since the Middle Ages).
We are pretty excited about this Australian winemaker, and their flavour forward, well-made wines.
Alpha Box & Dice's take on this rich Italian grape.
Delicious & beautifully refreshing Montepulciano, organically farmed in a vineyard planted in 1990, macerated on skins for 10 days, then vinified in stainless steel & oak barrels.
Peter Walser's brilliant Ceres plateau Syrah - from high altitude rocky sites, resulting in an elegant, tighter expression of this variety - almost Pinot-like aromatics.
Rich and fruity, with lots of Christmas cake notes, Fernando de Castilla Classic Cream is composed of a rich, 6-year-old Oloroso sherry, blended with some younger sweeter PX.
This Amontillado spent 3 years ageing under yeast in barrel as a Fino sherry, before being fortified and ageing for about 5 more years in the oak barrel solera system (where older and younger wines are continuosly combined).
The third vintage of the brilliant Pieter Walser’s Offspring based on components not used in his other blends (not leftovers, anything not up to his rigorous standards is sold as bulk).
A good balance of traditional Riojan character & fine modern winemaking practice.
Suistainably farmed from only 2.5ha of vineyards in the Rosal sub-zone of Rías Baixas - this is all about expression of terroir.
Made by well regarded Portuguese winemaker Fernando Mouro, with minimal intervention maintaining Alvarinho typicity.
Beautifully structured and well rounded by amphora ageing - Delightfully easy drinking and a great pairing for chicharònes.
Bone dry, racy and thirst-quenching Riesling from the innovative young winemaker Philip "the wine pirate" Kettern.
From 30 y.o.
Clean, clear and precise, this is a lovely expression of ripe, unadorned chardonnay fruit: Crisp, chalky and bone dry, with fresh lemon/lime citrus, and a nice rounded mid palate.
A delightfully zippy aperitif, with crunchy green apple for days, lemon zest and subtle autolytic brioche note on the finish - A trancendent pairing for mackerel.
Italian born Edoardo Miroglio uncovered the hidden gem of the Thracian Valley, where wine has been made for thousands of years.
From 60% Grenache & 40% Syrah vines grown in rock schist soils in the craggy uplands of Cathar country.
Impressive Barbera with great varietal typicity, while distinctive from the Italian norm.
A single vineyard Grenache from the Barossa valley, that shows lots of bright berry notes.
Dolcetto sourced from Christmas Hill & Yacca Paddock vineyards in Kuitpo, Adelaide Hills.
An early drinking, fresh Grenache with damsons and wild strawberries, sweet spices and a silky mouthfeel.
Semillion and Viognier, co-fermented with skin contact.
The Gailliac area in the south west of France has some of France's oldest vineyards.
Produced in the south west of France, in the Galliac area, which has some of the most ancient vineyards in France.
A great Champagne alternative made with the Champagne method in Jura in the east of France.
A hardy grape that is particularly drought resistant, Cinsault produces easy drinking, light fruity reds.
This ripe juicy South African red is made up of grapes grown by traditional growers in the Swartland area.
The Bottega Vinai range showcases the wide range of grape varieties that are grown in Trentino, in the far north of Italy.
An Argentinian White Pinot Noir is not something you see every day.
Alsace Pinot Gris tends to have more buttery notes, fruit tart notes and spice than the more commonly spotted, lighter, fresher Pinot Grigio (they are the same grape, but where they are grown, and the production make all the difference).
Hand harvested, naturally fermented South African Chenin Blanc from this modern winemaker.
50 year old vines grow in a 6ha vineyard, on rocky, schist soil with quartz and flint pebbles.
A succulent, medium bodied Portuguese red from the high altitude, organic Quinta das Maias vineyard in the Dão region.
Made from declassified young vines in the Chianti Classico zone, but labelled as lowly Sangiovese, this is exceptional quality for the money.
A must try grape from Alsace, Gewürztraminer is very expressive and full of a myriad of flavours not seen in other wines.
Juicy and ripe, with a nice balance of red and black fruit.
Superb Beaujolais from a 42ha estate in the southern hamlet of Le Breuil, where Domaine Dupeuble have been making wines with Gamay since 1512.
A blend of the spicy Auxerrois Blanc grape with a small amount of the fruitier Pinot Blanc grape, gently pressed and fermented in steel tanks.
A punchy old vine Zinfandel from central California.
This South African rosé has been created using young vine Grenache from traditional growers in the Swartland area of the Western Cape.
A fruit forward red with good body from Jumilla in south east Spain.
A rich and fruity Primitivo from the Salento peninsula of Puglia in southern Italy.
Late bottle vintage ports are aged in oak vats for a minimum of 4 years.
A blend of five indigenous Riojan varietals: Viura, Malvasia, Garnacha Blanca, Torrontes & Tempranillo Blanco - each vinified separately and aged for five months in new French oak, with regular battonage.
Predominantly Grenache, with smaller quantities Syrah, Merlot & Tempranillo.
A delicious, generous balance of fresh stonefruit and rounded oak influence.
It is quite unusual to see a Pinot Noir from the sun soaked southern Languedoc.
A juicy and full flavoured 100% Monastrell, produced by Paco Mulero, who have 100 years wine making heritage.
A warm, approachable Sangiovese from the team at Ancora.
This Montepulciano is created with 30 to 50 year old vines, grown on chalky-clay soil in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo.
Not as frequently planted in Alsace as other grapes, Sylvaner has a nice acidity that seems to work quite well in these unusual acacia casks.
The Cave de Turckheim range is an excellent place to start when exploring the wines of Alsace.
Pinot Nero from the Trentino region in the mountanous north east of Italy.
Thick and treacly, with molasses and Christmas cake coming to mind, PX sherry is a brilliant winter warmer, but it can also work on ice cream all year round, or if you have a sweet tooth.
Low yielding Monastrell vines grown in poor, shallow soils.
From vines in seven parcels around Morogues, their limestone-clay soils giving an elegant mineral character, vinified sepatately to express each unique terroir.
Wonderful Riserva from one of the very best Chianti Classico estates, with some of the highest altitude vineyards in the region, resulting in wines of great freshness & elegance.
A magnificent Chianti Classico estate from 65ha of some of the highest altitude vineyards in the region, resulting in wines of great freshness & elegance, undoubtably one of the region's best estates.
Serious Chenin Blanc from one of the most respected producers & one of the finest vineyard sites in the Loire.
Manzanilla is very similar to Fino sherry, both being wines with flavours that compliment the beginning of a meal, rather than dessert.
Fino sherry is a fantastic wine for an aperitif, or just during dinner.
Pioneering Adi Badenhorst farms 35ha of previously abandoned, mature, dry farmed bush vines in scorchingly hot Swartland.
Consistently astonishing value from exciting young winemaker Adi Badenhorst - old vine and low yielding Swartland Chenin.
A 4th generation family vineyard in the Uco Valley.
La Rangée du Curé 'the row of the priest' is the entry point to Sébastien Dauliac's hilltop village Cahors wines.
A well balanced New Zealand Pinot Noir, with light cranberry and redcurrant notes.
This Oloroso sherry from Fernando De Castilla in the centre of Jerez has rich hints of walnuts, spice and orange.
Grown on the sandy and pebbly soils of the Herrenweg Vineyard in the Fetch Valley, Sables et Galets wines are aromatic and elegant.
Rose Champagne is a real treat, and Lallier Grand Rose is an excellent Champagne for the price.
The aim behind the winemaking of this Marlborough Gewürztraminer was to create a wine that had the fruit and aromatic notes that this varietal can have, but with structure and some savoury notes.
Palo Cortado, it is something of a mystery.
Based in the centre of Jerez, Fernando De Castilla have partnerships with some of the best vineyards to source their grapes.
If you are looking for a complex Riesling, showing the classic Alsace Riesling petrol, toasty, slightly smoky notes, look no further.
In the east of Portugal, Quinta das Maias is an estate with 100 years of wine making heritage.
Although this wine consistently wins prizes for best value dry white wine, the Nosiola grape variety is actually better known for making excellent dessert wine, but in this case it is fruity, unoaked, fresh and dry.
The best known Maraschino Liqueur on the market, Luxardo Maraschino find itself very prominently placed in the cocktail canon.
Everything you could ask for from Argentinian Malbec at this level.
This unique Pedro Ximénez comes from organically farmed vines in the González family's own Pago Montealgre single vineyard.
Exceptional Oloroso from the father-daughter team Alonso & Rocto Ruiz, who work using tradition methods & tools.
From 3.5ha organically farmed vines from 15 to 30 years old in the Castiglione Tinella & Mango, at 400 masl on white calcareous-clay soils with grey tufa.
Grown on the steep, south-facing Eschendorfer Lump 'Erste Lage' ('First Class') vineyard, on limestone soils.
Môrelig 'morning light' is situated at the foot of the Paardeberg mountains, dry farmed bush vines on decomposed granite soils, Chenin Blanc planted in 1980 & Clairette in 1989, fermented & matured in old oak for 9 months.
First established in 1940, Sobrero sold wine in demijohn & barrel until 1964, when the first bottle of Barolo was sold.
Winemaker Sylvia Formigli farms vines close to the sea in Salento, Puglia, at just 30 masl, where the mediterranean climate is warm & dry.
Winemaker Sylvia Formigli farms vines close to the sea in Salento, Puglia, at just 30 masl, where the mediterranean climate is warm & dry, with siliceous-clay-chalky soils.
Roter Veltliner originates from the Wagram, & the Haide vineyard is on the Eisenhut, a hill with barren rocky soils, which rein in the variety's vigour.
Cantina Cortecchia source the Trebbiano & Pinot Bianco from a single suistainably farmed vineyard in the Rubicone wine region that surrounds the river of the same name, flowing from the Apennine mountains to the Adriatic sea in northern central Italy.
Cantina Cortecchia source the Sangiovese, Merlot & Ciliegiolo grapes from the Rubicone wine region that surrounds the river of the same name, flowing from the Apennine mountains to the Adriatic sea, in northern central Italy.
Leonardo is at the vanguard for the revival of this ancient variety - a parent of Sangiovese.
Clementina Cossetti is the fourth generation to head up the winemaking at this family estate, along with sister Giulia & mother Maria Emma.
Clementina Cossetti is the 4th generation to head up this family estate, where the calcareous-clay soils of the La Morra commune in the Barolo appelation are cultivated using a suistainable approach.
After three previous generations of the same family of winemakers, Clementina Cossetti now manages the family estate.
Clementina Cossetti is the fourth generation of winemakers to look after this family estate.
The Bundschuh' is a 500 y.o.
Located in Vaudelnay, a small village in the Loire, winemaker Frédéric Etienne Etienne tends 26 ha of vineyards, with 25 to 30 y.o.
Former Wither Hills winemaker Ben Glover now tends to his family vineyards on the banks of the Opawa River, in the renowned Marlborough sub-region of Dillon's Point.
Englishman Philip Cox & Romanian wife Elvira have invested huge effort into transforming the estate into a world class winery, with immaculate vineyards, both evolved plantings from 1447 & younger vines.
An innovator in the Rioja wine world, Luis Canas was the first winemaker to break with tradition and bottle his own wine in Rioja Alavesa in 1970, rather than selling it as bulk wine.
Very old Fonte Cal & Siria vineyards on the plateau area of the Beira region, at 725 masl, on granite soils with quartz veins, where the native varieties are perfectly adapted.
Top drawer Hunter Semillon from a quarter hectare parcel of 51 year old vines, planted in sandy drifts of soil.
Pinot Blanc vines grown on the gravel soils of the Fuchsloch vineyard, destemmed then vinified in large old oak & stainless steel.
Rich, warm and generous, with black fruits & spice, herbal & balsamic notes.
There has been a vineyard on this site since the 1800's.
This super-traditional family bodega farm all their own vineyards, working towards organic certification.
Faye & Dmitry Lottero run this organic estate nestled amongst olive groves east of Florence, their secluded vineyards are situated in the high altitude, cool climate Chianti Rufina, where their low yields help showcase the purity of fruit in their wines.
Punchy and complex, this is winemaker, Pieter Walser's answer to Cru Beaujolais, bursting with wild strawberry, cherry and an earthy, smoky undercurrent - a gorgeous and versatile pairing for roast poultry and pork.
Smaug is back for a second time.
Grenache Blanc from Paarl/Swartland & Wellington, with a splash of Grenache Gris.
Vines have been cultivated in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon for 6000 years, an ancient part of the winemaking world.
A blend of Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, a slightly unusual mix, but it works well.
Primitivo Collantes bodega is located outside the Zona de Crianza (maturation zone) so their wines are not technically sherries.
From 55ha of Primitivo Collantes own vineyards on Albariza soils of Chiclana, outside the Zona de Crianza (the maturation zone) so not technically sherry.
Stunning Amontillado from the Blanco Bros' Paco & Pepe.
99.9% low yielding Tempranillo from mostly old bush vines up to 90 y.o.
Valenciso's cellar & vineyards are located on the small town of Ollauri, on the north-west limit of Rioja ALta, where the cooling Atlantic influence gives a long slow ripening season.
Valenciso is situated at the north-west limit of Rioja Alta in the small town of Ollauri, where the Atlantic has strong influence, blowing in the wind to cool the grapes on summer evenings, slowing ripening to enhance acidity & finesse.
Stéphane Ogier produces some of the the most acclaimed fruit in Côte-Rôtie, and at this site on the granite slopes of La Rosine hill, just to the south.
100% Mando, Méthode Ancestrale / Pét-Nat, light red / rosé, fine mousse, off-dry, delicious!
100% Xarel lo from 65 y.o.
Fresh and crisp, yet beautifully textured.
A stunningly good value Aussie Grenache in the 'Blue-collar Pinot Noir' style.
In 1970, Luis Canas broke wine tradition and became the first winemaker Rioja Alavesa to bottle his own wine, rather than sell as bulk.
British oenologist Tim Manning, who cut his teeth with Pinot Noir in Oregon, oversees the winemaking, is determined to show the potential for site specific cuvees showcasing the terroir & vareity - at odds with the traditional approach in the region.
A quintessentially small French producer.
Biodynamically farmed vines from a 15ha estate in the heart of the Côtes de Bourg.
The Betschart family farm biodynamically & make the bare minimum of additions.
Florent Rouve's Jura wines are from a cooler climate than his Mâconnais wines - harvested on average 10 days later - crisper & leaner, fresh fruit & mineral notes.
Grapes are harvested from 3 parcels of 60+ year old vines in warmer, sunnier sections of the Grand Cru Hofberg.
Selected from several plots of vines (average ages of 45 years) around the village of Dhron.
The garden of the rectory' - part of the Hofberg vineyard - 30-50 y.o.
Late picked and hand picked by the winemaker/owner Harald, this Riesling has 20 g/l residual sugar.
From the Escherndofer Lump 'Erste Lage' ('First Class') vineyard, with a steep south-facing slope on limestone soil.
90% Chenin Blanc, 10% Muscat of Alexandria from the Breedekloof region of South Africa.
Old vine Palomino planted in 1977 which was previously blended.
Produced using the Champagne method, Cave de Turckheim Crémant d’Alsace Brut is made from organically grown Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Pinot Gris.
A group of winemakers in Argentina, creating fantastic Argentinian wines with European grape varieties.
100% hand harvested Monastrell from a single vineyard in Los Chacayes.
Eduardo is a keen exponent of regenerative agriculture at his family winery in Rioja Alavesa; recycling plant extracts as treatments in the vineyards, & following some biodynamic practices.
A family winery covering 12ha in Rioja Alavesa - Eduardo follows regenerative agriculture, aiming to be self sufficient in the vineyard using plant extracts & treatments & some biodynamic principles.
100% low yielding hand harvested Saperavi.
Telliani's team of innovative young winemakers work with indigenous varieties in Kakheti, Eastern Georgia.
30-Year-Old Vine Fernao Pires from the Western Cape of South Africa blended with 14% Grenache Blanc.
100% hand harvested Saperavi, fermented on skins for 7-10 days before gentle pressing.
Telliani winery was established in 1997 on the site of a 19th century winery.
Lovely black fruit notes on this single estate, organic Rhone Valley red.
Something a little different, Gros Manseng is a less well-known grape variety, that has been used in blends and sweet wines in the past.
A traditional bodega looked after by Jaime Gonzalez & his family.
A single vineyard, vintage port from very old vines, traditionally vinified under foot and aged in port pipes for 3 years.
Dirk Niepoort's passion for the Baga grape, and the complex wines it could produce, led him to creating this wine.
Produced mainly from the 2012 vintage, this is made from 80-year-old vines which are traditionally harvested, foot trodden, fermented and aged in barrel for 2 years, before bottling in 2014.
Vineyards on the east bank of the Rhein River, in the Mittelrhein region.
Named after the monk who planted the first vines in the Azores islands in the late 15th century, Frei Gigante is a blend of all three of the main varieties found in Pico, grown on basaltic lava on the north-west tip of the island.
A joint venture between Philipp Kettern, Daniel Niepoort & the brilliant Dirk Niepoort.
An elegant blend of Riesling and Pinot Blanc from the Vallisto vineyard in Salta in the far north of Argentina.
A small group of Argentinian winemakers who set out to grow Mediterranean grape varieties, with each bottle showing the quality and care of their vineyards.
The 'Zegla' project brings together 3 neighbouring winemakers to promote the quality & regulations of their wines.
100% Malvasia with a little skin contact, stainless steel ferment with an extended period in bottle before release.
Noelia Ricci is a small cru set on a hill crest at 200-340 masl at San Cristoforo in northern central Italy, overlooking the Adriatic sea.
Noelia Ricci is situated at 200-340 masl at the foot of the Tuscan Emilian-Apennine mountains in the Predappio sub-zone, a historical area where various different clones of the Sangiovese grow.
Noelia Ricci is a small estate set on the crest of a hill, 200-340 masl in San Cristoforo in Northern Italy, looking out over the Adriatic sea.
Criolla Grande is a lesser spotted grape variety outside of Argentina.
After working at Delas & with Stephane Ogier, Aymeric Paillard found this 4ha vineyard which he farms organically.
A producer of stunning value Bordeaux located on the Côte de Bourg.
Stéphane Ogier's lightly oaked Viognier de Rosine has all the complexity & refinement of top Condrieu - indeed the Côte-Rôtie vineyards are within a stones throw north of Condrieu.
Shiraz grapes grown on some of the toughest soil, giving characterful wine.
Roger & Christine Saumaize run one of the finest estates in Vergisson: 14ha farmed biodynamically & vinified in their underground cellar.
Florent vinifies in older oak & stainless steel to give expression to the vineyard.
Husband and wife team Joseph and Maria Vendrell produce this wine in the north east of Spain, in the Montsant Region.
Brothers Pepe & Paco Blanco do everything from vineyard to bottle.
Produced by Il Borghetto's Antonio Cavallini alongside English winemaker Tim Manning, who cut his teeth producing Pinot Noir in both New Zealand & Oregon.
A rich, fruity and chocolaty organic Nero d'Avola from Sicily.
An organic wine from the beautiful island of Sicily.
Organically farmed, ripe & full Garnacha from the heart of Rioja Baja.
This wine tells the story of a very small old vineyard in Darling, in the Western Cape with lots of potential but that needed a bit of work.
From 30-year-old vineyards in the Willyabrup region of Margaret River, CBDP (Chenin Blanc Dynamic Blend) is 96% Chenin and 4% Viognier, 30% of which is fermented in amphora, with the remainder in 3rd use French oak.
30 year old vines planted near to the sea, high in the hills of south-east Sardinia.
Rebelious young winegrower Manuel Cantalapiedra makes Verdejo wines differently to his neighbours in Castilla y Leon, harvesting later, farming organically from single vineyard plots, his wines are powerful and finessed.
Just outside Timisoara in west Romania, the winery has been transformed since the early 2000's by Englishman Phillip Cox & Romanian wife Elvira.
Some of the best wines are produced in unforgiving soil and tougher climates.
Balanced fruit, mineral notes and savoury notes come to the fore with this organic Pinot Blanc from Central Otago, New Zealand.
A typically crisp and bright picpoul, but with more rounded weight than usually expected.
Wine can feel a little serious at times.
A refreshing, fruit driven wine with depth, this is a combination of 4 grape varieties (Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Arneis, Petit Manseng) from a single vineyard in the Adelaide hills.
With 100 hectares of hillside Tuscan vineyards, Uggiano produce well priced, classic reds.
The oldest vineyard in Japan (established in 1870) Château Mercian has been growing the indigenous Koshu grape alongside European grapes since the beginning.
Ceradello is an organic, single estate prosecco.
Old-vine Pedro Ximenez from Mauricio Lorca's Mendoza vineyard - this has lots of juicy, ripe citrus fruit, with lifted herbaceous notes, dried flowers & straw.
From a single vineyard near the village of Aana in the Bekaa Valley, this is a blend of cinsault, grenache and cabernet sauvignon, with an average vine age of 30 years old.
Récolte means the harvest, so R.018 means the harvest of 2018, mixed in with 20% reserve wines from previous years.
Boris Kovac has become one of the more coveted wine makers for hire in the region, but he also has his own vineyard, where he gets to really work his magic.
Germany's answer to Italian Amari, Jägermeister is both a contemplative digestif and life of the party.
Something completely different from the team at Sweetdram.
For over 150 years Maison Briottet have produced many types of liqueur.
Still based in the family home in Dijon, Briottet are well known for liqueur production.
To create Victory Bitter, the Victory team take wheat spirit, infuse it with gentian root, apricot, fig, orange peel, rosemary and sage, and blend this infusion with organic, biodynamic wine and a small amount of sugar.
Taking Italy's cocktail bitters tradition, and mixing this with Australia's coffee culture, Mr Black's Amaro combines botanical distillates, gentian, grapefruit, orange and Arabica coffee.
World famous producers of liqueurs the Giffard family have been producing in the town of Anjou since 1885.
Arguably the definitive triple sec (a dry liqueur made from orange peels), Cointreau is a brand whose fame surpassed its category.
A modern reimagining of an 19th century Italian aperitivo style.
A complex amaro made up of 40 botanicals from 4 continents.
A copper distilled botanical spirit without juniper.
A coffee liqueur created by the guys behind legendary Edinburgh bar Lucky Liquor Co.
A coffee liqueur made by folks serious about coffee.
A spicy Mexican chile liqueur based on a 1920s recipe from the Bario del Artisa in Pueblo.
A 14 year old Coheita port from the venerable port house Niepoort.
A floral elderflower liqueur that is ideal for adding some freshness to any drink.
A complex red wine, with sweet berry notes, mixed in with spicy notes.
Sherry is some of the best value complex wine in the world.
An excellent bottle to convert people who are unsure about sherry, particularly sherry cask loving whisky drinkers.
A grape that produces wines with good tannin structure, fruit and acidity, Blauer Zweigelt has become one of the most important red grapes grown in Austria.
On the bitter side of the aperitivo world, Campari is perfectly suited for pre-dinner drinks.
An aperitif based around the gentian herb.
Made in Saronno since 1851, Lazzaroni is a traditional Amaretto with all the marzipan goodness that implies.
A luxurious dark chocolate liqueur combining high quality West African dark chocolate with caramel and bourbon vanilla from Madagascar.
A throwback to rhubarb and custard boiled sweets, this is an exceptionally popular product.
The Dijon-based liqueur company Briottet are renowned for quality and consistency.
Since 1836, Miason Briottet has been synonymous with French liqueur production.
To create this aperitif, the distillery takes organic peaches and peach leaves and macerate them in spirit and white wine.
Made in stunning Salzburg, on the edge of the Austrian Alps, Mozart Chocolate Liqueurs are a bit of a hidden gem (like Salzburg itself).
A Champagne that speaks of its terroir.
An immensely complex liqueur still made by Carthusian monks in the Chartreuse mountains.
Since 1936, Kahlua has been a staple as far as coffee liqueurs go.
An Italian Aperitivo liqueur made up of a total of 13 botanicals - predominantly artichoke (Cynara Scolymus) which gives the liqueur its name.
A powerhouse in liqueur production, the Briottet house makes over 60 different flavours.
Named for Kwai Feh, a member of Emperor Hsuang Tsung's court in 8th century China and fan of the humble lychee.
A rich berry liqueur made with Perthshire raspberries and an ideal addition to any cocktail.
Alexandre le Grand founded the Benedictine brand after finding a recipe for the liqueur in 1863.
The Tosolini family have more than 70 years’ experience making fine Italian liqueurs.
A premium raspberry liqueur made with the addition of citrus, vanilla, honey and cognac.
One of the most famous Amaro brands, Fernet Branca is oft lauded as the most effective end of meal digestif.
Named for its 43 botanicals, Licor 43 finds itself very much in the dessert world when it comes to liqueurs.
An Italian aperitivo liqueur famously paired with prosecco to make the eponymous spritz.
Originally produced by Berry Bros & Rudd in 1903 for King Edward VII as a vivifying winter warmer.
A delicious combination of Cognac and natural pear extract, Xante is becoming more and more popular in cocktails.
A whisky liqueur, made up of a blend of Single Malt Whisky, honey and herbs.
Patron's take on a cafe liqueur, with a heady mix of their excellent Blue Agave tequila, high quality roast coffee and sugar.
Produced at the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados, this is a liqueur infused with Caribbean flavours and a rum base.
Prolific liqueur producers, Dijon based Briottet make have over sixty varieties in the range.
Over 60 liqueurs are produced in the Briottet family home in Dijon.
Renowned family producers Briottet make countless flavours across their range.
A classic style of hazelnut liqueur (noisette) with the addition of coffee, cocoa and vanilla.
The world's first (and most awarded) cherry liqueur.
Elderflower can be quite challenging to work with.
A whisky cream liqueur, perfect for after dinner sipping or in dessert cocktails.
A whisky liqueur made with Edradour's famous single malt whisky and cream.
Old Pulteney is made in the far north of Scotland, at the Old Pulteney distillery in Wick.
Mead is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks, made from fermented honey.
Mezcal tends to be a bit richer and smokier than tequila, combining some of the wonderful flavours from Mexican cuisine in their national drink (smoke, salt, green peppers, agave sweetness, spice, earthiness).
Floral and dry with a herbal note, Aecorn Dry is made with English grapes and acorns as the base, before other botanicals are added.
Big notes of grapefruit, orange and bay leaf come through with Aecorn Bitter.
The breath-taking Isle of Raasay sits between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish mainland.
For one week every year, the kilns at Balvenie are filled with the the orange glow of burning peat, the whisps of smoke rising up to impart a mellow smokiness to the barley layed out upon the gauze floor above.
A nifty little collection of some of Compass Boxes finest creations.
Casamigos means house of friends, which refers to the founding of this tequila company by close friends George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman.
A pale ale that also remarkably tastes like jam donuts.
A rich, golden brown beer with lovely coffee notes, produced by the Ayinger Brewery, just outside of Munich.
Koch Ensemble Mezcal is a combination of different wild agave plants, which bring different flavours to this unusual mezcal.
For their Silver Glas edition, the folks at Esker take their London Dry style gin and add in a good amount of mint, and more locally sourced silver birch sap, creating a sweeter gin.
Brewed in Edinburgh, not far from our warehouse, Bellfield's session IPA has citrus notes mixed in with a malty character.
A rich, decadent beer from our local brewery.
A heavily peated (40 ppm) single malt from the team at Bruichladdich.
A leftfield, but frankly genius creation.
Mexicake is a homage to Mexican flavours, in imperial stout form.
Kah Tequila is a 100% blue agave tequila, bottled in some of the best packaging we have seen.
It's fair to say that the Glendronach 15 Year old took the whisky world by storm when this was originally released in 2009 and quickly became one of our biggest sellers.
Hills and Harbour Gin is produced in Dumfries and Galloway and it is one of the most unusual Scottish gins on the market, as they distil everything on site.
Botanicals include Tasmanian Lanceolata leaf, Piper leaf and Tasmanian Mountain Pepper.
The Glasgow Blend, from the well-renowned independent blenders & bottlers, Compass Box, takes it's cue from the 1930s book, "Whisky" by Aeneas MacDonald.
One could argue that Compass Box reinvented blended whisky.
A combination of agave sweet and citrus notes.
Created by the husband and wife team at The Secret Herb Garden Edinburgh, this gin has a classic flavour base of coriander, winter savoury (similar to rosemary), angelica and juniper.
A floral, eye catching gin from The Secret Herb Garden in Edinburgh.
An agave sugar syrup from the team at Giffard.
A selection of Glen Scotia's core range in a handy "try before you buy (a bigger bottle)" size.
Glen Grant is probably not the most familiar single malt on the shelf but the history of this innovative and iconic distiller stretches back to the very beginnings of the Scotch whisky industry.
Produced by Mike Aikman and Jason Scott, the guys behind some of the best cocktail bars in Edinburgh (Bramble, Lucky Liquor and The Last Word).
1 of 3000 bottles, this is a higher strength release from Kingsbarns distillery.
Lower alcohol ales, session IPAs and micro IPAs are becoming more popular these days.
The perfect whiskey for a Sazerac cocktail (a heady mix of rye, absinthe and bitters), Sazerac straight rye is made at the Buffalo Trace Distillery.
Pedrino Vermouth Spritz has subtle flavours of floral botanicals, melon and grapefruit.
Pretty much everyone in the drinks world wants sherry to become a global success.
One of Ardbeg's recent releases, and very welcome it is too.
A blend of pot and column distilled rum aged for between 5 and 17 years in American whisky, bourbon and Cognac casks.
We're always excited when Glen Scotia release a cask strength edition.
We have been really impressed by The English Whisky Co's releases.
With cucumber and herbal notes, this cocktail ingredient can spruce up your G&T or Pimms.
For this bottling, Gleann Mor take heavily sherried 40 year old Speyside single malt whiskies, and combine them to great effect.
For their VSOP, Rhum Clement age in French Limousin oak casks and bourbon casks.
Rhum Agricole is a more aromatic style of rum with complex vegetal and savoury notes, distilled in column stills.
Plenty of char notes and whiskey spice are added to these aromatic bitters when they are barrel aged.
Mezcal Union work with local farmers and mezcal producers to create complex, high quality mezcal, but with a fair financial model for the farmers and producers.
The Luxardo Distillery is still owned by the Luxardo family, who have been making their cherry liqueurs since 1821, making it one of the older family owned distilleries in Europe.
The Glasgow Distillery has four copper pot stills, Tara, Mhairi, Margaret and Frances, to make the first Glasgow whisky in a very long time.
A fruity and fragrant bitter, containing yuzu, white peach, burdock and chrysanthemum.
The 10 year old edition of Islay Mist.
Hendricks has become world famous for their cucumber and rose infused apothecary inspired gin.
The Port of Leith was once the heart of the Scotch whisky world, particularly at the beginning of the 20th century.
Whisky Row refers to what used one of the busiest places in the whisky industry, the Port of Leith, where many of whisky warehouses and blending houses were based.
Mezcal Amores was founded in 2010, with the aim to promote Mezcal, while maintaining the traditions and sustainability of the process.
A combination of new world aromas and flavours, with some of Bonpland's local fruits, namely the cherry and Mosel Pinot Noir.
Jamaican rums are famed for their ripe fruit notes, sometimes known as estery notes or occasionally referred to as hints of dunder.
A non-alcoholic aperitif, created using English sparkling wine grapes and acorns as the base.
A bottled cocktail from the team at Eden Mill distillery.
A gin packed full of lots of autumn fruit flavours from the team on the Isle of Colonsay.
Paying homage to the Saar region, where Ferdniand's bitters and gins are made.
Electric Bitters is a blend of 30 botanicals including electric daisies, which apparently cause a bit of a tingle on your tongue!
A locally handcrafted bottle that contains a very flavour focused blanco tequila.
Part of the new wave of Irish distillers, Teeling in Dublin have bottled this Pot Still Irish whisky as their first product from their distillery in Dublin.
Fruity and smoky notes from this single village mezcal, mixed in with 10% agave syrup from the sweetest agave from the roasting process.
A single village mezcal.
A single cask bottling from Chairman's reserve, exclusively bottled for Lucky Liquor in partnership with our sister company Royal Mile Whiskies.
Canaima Gin is inspired by the Amazon rainforest in terms of flavour, and with an overall aim to conserve and protect the rainforest.
For 300 years if you were in the British Navy, you were entitled to a rum ration.
Kirkjuvagr Gin is based on the island of Orkney and is inspired by the island's Viking heritage.
From the people behind Holyrood distillery "Fruity" is a blend of Campbeltown malt whiskies and does exactly what it says on the label, delivering a lovely combination of fruit flavours.
Developed with the Boutiquey Rum company and Pete Holland of rum blogging fame.
One of the heaviest smoked whiskies that Scotland produces, Octomore is a special dram.
The 10 year old edition of Arran encompasses all that is impressive about this distillery and its house style.
Bottled as somewhat of a counterpoint to the bourbon cask matured Barrel Reserve the Bodega Sherry Cask really highlights the excellent versatility of the spirit coming off the stills at Arran.
Arran is renowned for it's sweet, fruity character and the exclusive use of bourbon casks for the Barrel Reserve provides an excellent showcase for these notes to shine through.
A sipping tequila, Tapatio Excelencia Extra Anejo is to be savoured, like the finest whisky or cognac.
In recent years the range of expressions from Glenallachie distillery has grown to include vintage specific releases, single casks and an impressive core range with different wood finishes.
One of the rarest whiskies in Scotland, from Scotland's oldest registered distillery.
Loch Lomond Distillers are a very talented bunch, creating all sorts of different whiskies and gins within their frankly epic distillery.
A seriously sour cocktail mixer, Supasawa is the perfect combination of lemon and lime flavour for cocktails.
Goslings Bermuda Black Rum, expertly mixed with Goslings Stormy Gingerbeer.
Created at the Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull (home to the famous whisky of the same name), the Tobermory Gin has a very tasty botanical mix of elderflower, orange, some of their own malt spirit, star anise, and a few others.
Cu Bocan is the name given to the lightly peated whisky made at Tomatin.
From one of our favourite independent distilleries we are thrilled with this exclusive smoky, fruity, unctious dram that shows real complexity despite its young age.
Kirkjuvagr Beyla is an Old Tom style gin, sweetened with Scottish raspberries and honey, which sounds right up our alley.
At Balvenie, they do the entirety of the whisky making process on site.
A blended malt created by the William Grant family, made for mixing, but also excellent neat.
Devils Point create a Scottish golden rum at their distillery in Banchory by double distilling molasses and ageing in virgin oak casks for plenty of flavour.
Big, bright sour flavours which will lift your citrus drinks to a whole new lever.
A bold strawberry and wild pepper bitters, perfect with whisky or tequila cocktails.
Ever tried a cask strength tequila, made using the traditional process; slow roasted agave pinas, naturally fermented and distilled in small copper pot stills?
It is quite rare to see a 20-year-old cask strength Laphroaig.
Indie bottlings of Ardbeg are becoming an increasingly rare things nowadays.
An indie bottling from Chieftans of the very highly regarded Clynelish.
Not a tequila, as it is not made in the Tequila region, but using the same type of agave (the cactus/ pineapple plant that is the base of tequila and mezcal), but older fashioned techniques.
Wolfburn's Small Batch 375 is a mixture of small bourbon casks, and 2nd fill sherry casks, both containing unpeated spirit.
Taiwan's Kavalan distillery have gone from strength to strength in recent years off the back of some excellent whiskies and a great forward thinking wood policy.The King Car is another excellent offering.
There are some seriously good whiskies coming out of India right now.
We were very excited when Nc'Nean Distillery first opened.
Many distillers talk about being flavour focused and experimental.
Seven Crofts Gin is produced in the beautiful north west coast of Scotland, using locally foraged ingredients.
A sherry triple distilled Irish whiskey, created by master blender Alex Thomas at the Bushmills Distillery in County Antrim.
From a Japanese distillery you probably haven't heard of, the Hatozaki is a high malt blend from the Kaikyo Distillery who have been distilling for over a hundred years.
The team at Bittermens bitters like hot sauce and put it on everything (we do too), but they found that spiced cocktails and drinks fell short.
Caorunn is quite a fruity gin and the infusion of Scottish raspberries really ramps this up.
Picture the scene; A gin distillery under a railway arch in Glasgow.
Distilled on the beautiful Isle of Mull, Tobermory whisky has been difficult to get hold of in the past, so we are glad to see this bottling back on sale, in nice new packaging.
Corazon tequila really shows off some of the complexities that agave spirit can have with their blanco.
From the agave grown within their estate for between 7 and 10 years, to the ageing of the final distilled spirit for 16 to 18 months in American white oak casks, Corazon have done everything with flavour in mind to make an excellent tequila.
Released to celebrate the first distillation of Don Julio Tequila in 1942.
Located in Edderton, Balblair is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, founded in 1790 by James McKeddy.
Fans of Balblair were used to seeing expressions of this fine liquid as vintage specific, but these days the releases are in the more familiar age statement form.
Garden Shed Gin is produced in Glasgow and is a fruity and floral gin.
The Fee family have done everything from running a deli, to selling wine, to creating prohibition friendly, non-alcoholic beer.
Kavalan are one of modern whiskies success stories, since the first spirit trickled from the stills in 2010, the distillery has now expanded to be one of the biggest in the World in terms of output.
One of the original Tequila families and distilleries.
A stunning gift for a malt fan or an indulgent treat for any whisky lover, a selection of well aged expressions from perhaps Speysides most iconic and traditional distilleries.
The latest in Glenmorangies Private Edition range of experimental whiskies, the Allta is truely groundbreaking, utilizing natural yeasts during the fermentation process.
A genuinely exciting bottle of whisky, Kingsbarn's Dream to Dram is the first public release from this distillery, which is surrounded by beautiful golf courses in Fife.
One of our local distilleries (Edinburgh's list of distilleries and breweries seems to be growing!) Holyrood Distillery is in a part of Edinburgh that used to be packed with distilleries and breweries, and this is starting to happen again.
Holyrood Distillery take their classic London Dry Gin botanical base, and add Perthshire raspberries, hibiscus, rose petal, and pink peppercorns.
Holyrood Distillery is a beautiful new distillery not far from our sister shop Royal Mile Whiskies.
Stewart's Brewing have created this Belgian IPA with a mash bill of oats, barley, rye and wheat, fermented with Belgian yeast, and hopped with new world hops.
A powerfully hoppy beer brewed at Stewart Brewing.
Originally an experimental beer by our friends at Beavertown Brewery, it quite quickly became a mainstay, as customers wanting more and more of this delicious blood orange infused IPA.
Established in 2011, Beavertown and their crazy can designs have become mainstays in the UK beer scene.
Gamma Ray is a gloriously fruity, American pale ale.
A rich, chocolaty stout infused with vanilla, cocoa nibs and high-quality coffee, before being barrel aged in Speyside single malt whisky casks.
Fallen Brewery are based near Stirling, in the old Kippen railway station and this is their interpretation of a Berliner Weisse style beer, hence Stirliner Weisse.
A pale ale where tropical mango and guava notes take centre stage.
As the nights draw in, this coconut porter brings richly decadent flavours that are comforting as it gets colder.
A socially distanced collaboration between Black Isle Brewery north of Inverness and Burning Sky Brewery near the south coast of England.
A double dry hopped juicy pale ale from our friends at the Top Out Brewery in Edinburgh.
A delightful easy drinking pale ale from the team at Top Out Brewery.
From our mountain climbing brewer friends in the south of Edinburgh comes The Cone IPA.
This craft lager from Bellfield Brewery combines both old and new world hops with a barley and maize mix, to offer a full-flavoured gluten-free option.
Brewed to celebrate 10 years since Fyne Ales first created their immensely popular Jarl session pale ale.
A tasty infusion of a lightly hopped ale and elderflower, making for a bright and refreshing beer.
Looking for an organic, session IPA that is also gluten free?
The beer that launched Tempest Brewery.
An unfiltered, German style hopped pilsner from those talented folks at Tempest Brewery in the Scottish Borders.
A juicy session IPA from the team at Tempest Brewery.
This extra pale ale is a massive wave of hops, creating a really fruity thirst-quenching beer.
Red Rocker is one of the best hop forward red ales we have tried.
Whiteout by Cromarty Brewing is quite an unusual beer.
Brewed in the north wing of the Tegernseer abbey, which is now owned by the Duchess of Bavaria.
A Scottish IPA brewed by Williams Brothers in Alloa.
A crisp lager with a burst of guava.
Craig from Cromarty Brewery visited and worked in some of the world's best craft breweries before setting up Cromarty Brewery.
The monks of Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Charnwood Forest have always farmed as an activity for the monks, and for income for the upkeep for the Abbey and its charitable work.
Kellerbier is an unfiltered lager essentially.
An ale that we think doesn't get the interest it deserves.
A combination of the hoppiness of a pale ale, with the rich fizziness of a Vienna style lager.
Brewed by those part-time Twitter comedians, full-time brewers, Pilot Brewery.
A rich, dessert in a glass of a brown ale from Tempest in the Scottish Borders.
A rich and spicy cocktail bitters from Dr Adam Elmegirabs.
Brewed by those fine folks at Pilot Brewery in Leith, An IPA is a mixture of malted oats and barley, which is double dry hopped.
This is a small batch expression from Aberlour comprising of a mix of American bourbon casks and European sherry casks, bottled at 48% giving the drinker the opportunity to really explore Aberlours fabulous spirit with the addition of a little water to suit your taste.
Historically Scottish distillers have used Scottish oats in distillation as they are creamy and plentifully grown in Scotland.
Williams Brothers have taken their classic Joker IPA and ramped up the hops and alcohol to create Double Joker Imperial IPA.
A clean refreshing lager from Edinburgh's Stewart Brewing.
If you are looking for the fruitiest beer known to mankind, look no further.
A Kolsch is a beer quite similar to a lager.
Created using 6 locally foraged botanicals, and 10 more traditional botanicals.
A non-alcoholic spirit alternative from those innovative folks at Seedlip.
Rarely bottled by independent bottlers, and rarely bottled at such a venerable age, this 26-year-old Springbank is something special, and with a super funky label to boot!
A mixture of two different types of agave; the more common Espadin agave and the less common, longer aged Tobola.
A spice infused, non-alcoholic spirit alternative from the innovative team at Seedlip.
A sweet and spicy 100% blue agave tequila.
The first spirit to trickle from the stills of Aisla Bay was in 2007.
Orincoco Bitters, a once lost bitter recipe, have been revived by Dr.
A festive offering from this Aberdeen based bitters company.
Old Tom is a type of gin that is sweeter to taste than London Dry style gin.
The Vancouver based team of Ms Better's Bitters aim to make high quality bitters from the best ingredients.
A combination of grapefruit peel and Pacific Northwest hops create this hoppy, punchy bitter.
Ilegal Mezcal started life when bar owner John Rexer couldn't import mezcal to his bar in Guatemala.
Distilled by the first whisky distillers in Sweden, Mack is produced using Swedish barley, which benefits from the long summer days in Sweden.
A full bodied Speyside single malt whisky, Mortlach is something of an undiscovered gem outside of whisky fan circles.
The epitome of the Speyside style and therefore a lovely dram.
Vanilla is quite a versatile flavour and can be used in lots of cocktails depending on your taste.
Miraculous Foamer is a brilliant product.
Named after the 19th century accomplished plant-collector, born in the same town as the gin is made, William Kerr's Gin is created entirely at the Borders Distillery.
Wick, where Old Pulteney is distilled and aged, was once the herring capital of Europe.
Distilled in Wick, in the far north of Scotland.
A traditional mezcal, slow roasted in earth pits for a hint of smokiness, before being distilled in small copper stills.
A very unusual tequila.
Montelobos Ensemble Mezcal is a combination of Espadin and Tobala agave, roasted over encino and pinewood, before natural fermentation and distillation in small copper stills.
The Valknut from Highland Park distillery is a more heavily peated expression, bottled at a higher ABV of 46.8% makes for a bigger more expressive experience with room enough for a splash of water to make it just as you like it.
When whisky fans think of smoky whisky, the first place they think of is the island of Islay.
A combination of cinnamon, spice and cacao that started it all for the Bittermens company.
With grilled pineapple notes, and hints of anise, this bitters is brilliant in rum cocktails.
Macallan Double Cask Gold is some of Macallan's classic medium bodied spirit, aged in a mixture of American oak sherry casks, and European oak sherry casks.
To make this intriguing tipple, the folks at Sweetdram import Caribbean rum and infuse it with grains of paradise, lime leaf, chamomile, smoked figs, and pine smoked lapsang souchong tea.
Edinburgh Gin infused with macerated rhubarb and oriental ginger, mixed with fiery ginger beer.
Edinburgh Gin’s classic London Dry Style gin mixed with a crisp tonic water.
One of our favourite tonics for a G&T, Cushiedoos use a selection of mainly Scottish ingredients, and water from the Cairngorm mountains to create this brilliant, quinine free tonic.
A Scottish tonic, made from Scottish heather, silver birch, gentian, wormwood and Cairngorm mountain water.
This 18 year old expression from Glenallachie consists of a limited selection of casks hand picked by Master Blender Billy Walker.
Whereas many Scottish distilleries have their origins dating back one hundred years and more, Glenallachie is a relatively new distillery built in 1967 to produce malt for blended whiskies.
Not so much an orange bitters, but orange cream soda extract.
The first reference to Dandelion and Burdock in a drink was in mead in the 1300's!
Our love for tea is matched by our love for cocktails, and these two loves are combined in this tea bitters.
A unique take on citrus in bitters, the idea for these bitters came to Adam during a cocktail competition.
A celebration of all sorts of different Brazillian flavours from Aberdeen's bitters maestro.
A recreation and revival of Bokers Bitters, a famed brand of bitters that were lost due to prohibition closing the company in the 1920's.
Seedlip combines two passions; the passion for distillation with the passion to create a proper option for non-alcoholic spirit alternatives that isn't super sweet.
Not your typical profile of a west coast malt, this expression having spent 18 long years in the wood is transferred to Bordeaux red wine cask where it takes on some brighter fruity notes for a truly complex dram.
Unlike it's famous neighbour Islay, which boasts a roll-call of iconic distilleries, Jura has just the one, and the majority of the expressions are more subtly smoky in comparison to the full on peat-reek associated with the Islay malts.
Wine casks, in particular sherry casks, are used throughout the whisky industry for imparting big rich flavours to the developing spirit during maturation.
Occasionally when we are having a cup of tea of an afternoon, our minds wander to gin.
Absolut has become one of the biggest names in the spirits world.
Full strength tequila from the folks at Tapatio.
A combination of two different agave plants, which bring different flavours to the table.
A gin infused with Barry's Irish Tea!
It takes a minimum of 6 years for the blue agave plant to be mature enough to harvest to make tasty tequila.
We have known the Thompson Brothers for a good few years.
Arbikie's Haar vodka is made from Zulu wheat, which gives creamy notes, vanilla, spice and caramel.
For this Japanese vodka, Nikka distill barley and corn separately, before blending them together and filtering through white birch charcoal.
Diplomatico distil using both molasses and sugar cane honey at their distillery in Venezuela.
The Secret Herb Garden in Edinburgh take their classic foraged gin and add cornflowers, which gives it a vivid blue colour, and soft herbal chamomile notes.
Ardbeg is well known for its opulant richness and full on smokiness and the An Oa is no exception.
Whereas Tequila is made specifically using the blue agave plant, Mezcal can be made using other types of agave, producing all sorts of different flavours (we like both!).
Made with the Tobasiche agave, which has been growing for 13 years, which is roughly double the average length of time agave grow in the fields.
A combination of three different types of agave, fermented with wild yeast, and traditionally distilled.
Produced with a fruity spirit in mind, Pasote have a slight twist to their production.
Kirk and Sweeney was the name of a wooden schooner that acted as a rum smuggling ship during prohibition, sailing rum from the Caribbean to the Northeast.
Pechuga is a type of mezcal which is drank during celebrations in Mexico.
A lovely peaty blended malt which entirely consists of whisky from Islay's iconic distilleries.
The Negroni cocktail is known around the world.
A gin that really jumps out on the shelf.
Created by cocktail bartenders for anyone looking to make a great cocktail with precise flavours.
This anejo tequila is aged for 18 months in American white oak casks, which give it more creamy and nutty notes than unaged tequila.
Aged for between 4 and 6 months in bourbon casks, this reposado tequila combines some of the oaky, aged notes with agave notes and pepper notes.
Bottled in small batches, this 8 year old Islay malt from an unnamed distillery is aged in refill American oak barrels, allowing the sweet and smoke of the whisky to come through.
A herbal and spicy blanco tequila.
Created with Polish & Bulgarian peppermint leaves, this is bright with lots of peppermint notes (we thought it may have those).
Pronounced 'stew-rahdur' and meaning 'helmsman' in Scots Gaelic this entry level whisky is matured in first-fill and re-fill sherry casks and has a lots of rich fruit cake like flavours.
A family run business since 1863, where all the family have been involved at some point.
Loch Lomond distillery is quite an unusual distillery in Scotland.
Ever tried to grow rhubarb?
Bitters are great ingredients to have around, a bit like the spices in your kitchen.
A single estate rum made from farm to bottle at the Medine distillery in Mauritius.
A bottled cocktail from Fife's Eden Mill Distillery.
Eden Mill take their pink, fruity and vanilla Love Gin & blend this with fresh berries and elderflower to create the Berry Bramble cocktail.
A bit of a hidden gem amongst the range of sub-£30 blended whiskies.
This Deeside based distillery use quite an interesting combination of botanicals to create their Esker Gin.
Macallan have spent years developing relationships with the best sherry bodegas in Jerez, to get the best sherry casks for their whisky.
When making cocktails at home, egg whites can be a bit of a pain.
Cocktail legend Dale Degroff has developed these bitters with the Combier absinthe distillery, combining pimento with herbs and anise.
Campari and soda is a wonderful pre dinner drink, with lovely bitter notes that get the tastebuds working.
Based in Hokkaido, which is a colder, more northern part of Japan.
Miyagikyo distillery and Yoichi distillery were founded by Masataka Taketsuru, one of the real pioneers of Japanese whisky.
A 4 year old small batch bourbon from the team at Michter's in Kentucky.
Single ingredient artisan bitters from ex pastry chef Bob Petrie.
Fee Brothers have quite a nice description for bitters: "The spice rack behind the bar".
With flavours similar to a plum pudding, these are decadent bitters, perfect for adding to winter warming cocktails.
Aged in oak casks for 2 months, this tequila is a combination of earthier pot still spirit, and more fruity, cleaner column still spirit.
A 100% Blue Weber Agave tequila distilled in a mixture of column and pot stills.
Bitter Truth began with two cocktail bartenders from Germany who created their own bitters and had collections of ancient bitters.
The Quinta Ruban is finished in Port Pipes which once held Tawny Port.
One of the classic flavour profiles in the rum world is the Jamaican style, which is a funky note, with plenty of ripe fruits, oily notes and complexity.
This Mezcal from Montelobos is made with 100% Espadin agave, which is a similar agave to the Blue Weber used for tequila.
Founded by James Porteous, Electric Spirit are one of our local distilleries.
Stewart's Brewing have taken roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice and molasses to create Cauld Reekie stout.
Potatoes give vodka a lovely creamy note, and Luksusowa Polish potato vodka is no exception.
A skull shaped vodka bottle, containing quadruple distilled Canadian corn-based vodka that has been filtered through precious crystals.
Happy Chappy has become a firm staff favourite.
Caesar Augustus is a combination of styles, with the IPA element giving plenty of hops, and the lager element giving crisp fresh notes.
The kind of ale you like to see on draft at your favourite pub.
A light, well balanced IPA from Colonsay Brewery.
Colonsay is a beautiful island on the west coast of Scotland, north of Islay and south of Mull.
Named after a remote cliff edge on Colonsay where pigs would gather to eat wild flowers.
Ogilvy vodka is a Scottish vodka, produced from potatoes grown on their own farm.
A wheated bourbon from the team at Rebel Yell.
Over the past few years Loch Lomond have been releasing some very good whiskies with lots of interesting flavours.
Distilled near Hamburg, using a combination of German botanicals and botanicals sourced from Africa.
Distilled in refurbished, disused farm buildings in the beautiful Surrey Hills.
The perfect combination of pineapple and rum, Planteray Pineapple is made by selecting the best pineapple (Victoria pineapples, they tried hundreds to find out which one), and combining this with their Plantation Original Dark Rum.
A rich and chocolaty Laphroaig, which also has plenty of smoke (naturally).
Kilchoman Sanaig is one of Kilchoman's more sherry cask influenced whiskies.
The team at Porter's Gin took a methodical approach to building this gin, examining each of the botanicals and how they interacted with each other.
A medium bodied Speyside single malt whisky based just south of Elgin, very close to the BenRiach distillery.
A Scottish vodka produced by the fine folks at Dunnet Bay Distillers, who also make the excellent Rock Rose Gin.
Shetland Reel Ocean Scent has bracingly refreshing salty notes mixed in with the classic London Dry notes.
A fuller, richer expression from Aberfeldy thanks to a little more time in cask with a distinctive fruitier character after finishing its maturation in Oloroso sherry casks.
The Double Cask from Glen Scotia is finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks which add a touch of roundness and sweetness to the whisky.
Traditional coastal notes abound in this 15 year old release from Campbeltown's other long standing distillery.
Rock Rose Navy Strength has more berry notes, and a richer earthy note.
A gloriously fruity single malt, bestowed the royal monikor for supplying the King's court in the 1830's.
We have always had a fondness for Scapa.
Looking for something a bit spicier in your gin?
Created by Edinburgh Gin in partnership with Heriot Watt university to evoke flavours and aromas of the seaside.
Dark Matter rum is a heavily spiced rum, and we really mean heavily spiced.
We love Benriach, not a brand with a huge high street or supermarket presence, but the good people at Benriach have for many years been quietly producing a range of styles, including peated expressions much appreciated by single malt fans.
This is a lovely, waxy, fruity whisky that tastes a little older than it's age would suggest.
Located more on the heavier side of the Speyside spectrum, Craigellachie has become increasingly popular in recent years due in no small part to the release of this 13 Year old expression.
Until relatively recent years Aultmore was a little know Speyside distillery with only one or two official releases and the occasional independent bottling, with the bulk of production going into blended whiskies.This 12 year old expression bottled at 46% with no artificial colouring and no chill-filtration is the perfect introduction to this lesser spotted gem of a Speysider.
A lovely live gift pack of Glencadam's core range of whiskies.
The aim behind Daffy's Gin was to produce the best London Dry Style gin, so expect lots of classic gin flavours, with the Lebanese mint giving a little bit of a kick of freshness.
For this whisky, Teeling take Irish single malt whiskies aged in sherry, port, madeira, white Burgundy & Cabernet Sauvignon casks, and blend these together to create this single malt bottling.
A light blush, pink gin from the folks at Eden Mill in Fife.
Arbikie are a farm and distillery on the east coast of Scotland.
We found this to be a very full flavoured mezcal, that showed off lovely smoky notes, roasted agave and peppery notes.
Released in small batches and bottled at cask strength.
Distilled in in the Glasgow Barras in a small copper pot ban marie, Crossbill Gin is unique in its creation.
Created by the late Gary Regan - a mentor and pioneer for the modern cocktail renaissance - Regan's orange bitters is a combination of orange, cardamom and coriander.
Although not as commonly used as a maturation vessel as sherry casks, port casks are being used sparingly to finish certain expressions by a handful of distilleries.
Yamazaki distillery started distilling in 1923 near Kyoto, with the aim to create excellent Japanese whisky.
Produced by Islay's only farm distillery, the Machir Bay is vatted and bottled from whisky predominantly matured in bourbon casks with a small amount of sherry casks.
Rock Rose are a husband and wife team, who distil their gin in the far north of Scotland.
Founded in 1897, Tomatin distillery produce fruity, well balanced whisky from their distillery north of Inverness.
Summerhall Distillery is based out of the old Royal Dick Vet buildings at Summerhall in Edinburgh, just across the Meadows from our Drinkmonger Bruntsfield store.
Glenglassaughs church-like still room produces a light elegant fruity spirit, in its guise here as Torfa, peated barley is used and bottled at a generous 50% to give the drinker a chance to fully explore the complexities of this fine smoky yet fruity malt.
Distilled in beautfiful Perthshire using heather and rose as the main botanicals, Strathearn Heather Rose has been one of our most popular pink gins.
An excellent rye that's great in a Manhattten, Sazerac or Boulavardier and equally great all on it's own.
A Finnish vodka made with local barley sourced from 1500 local farmers (lots of farmland in Western Finland!).
NB Gin is produced in North Berwick by Steve and Viv Muir.
Bitters are particularly useful when you don't have the fruit required for a drink.
Talisker, the iconic distillery on the beautiful Isle of Skye, produces smoky, leathery, oily whisky, which also has nutty notes, some fruit, and so much more.
With a family history in cheese making, it occurred to the founders of Black Milk vodka that with any waste milk from the process they could make vodka.
A mainstay of many a whisky cabinet, Tomatin Legacy is a great combination of classic malted barley notes, with sweeter, dessert like qualities.
A tropical orange note to add to any martini or old ashioned, Angostura Orange Bitters are a combination of oranges, spices and high quality Angostura rum.
The older brother of the 12 Year Old Doublewood and a welcome addition to the range when it was released a few years ago.
The three core expressions from Auchentoshan in a handy miniature pack.
Probably the majority of Scottish distilleries have during their lifetime been subjected to periods of inactivity due to closure, mothballing, ownership change, refurbishment or a lack of demand for one reason or another.
This fine 12 year old from Glengoyne presents a fully loaded yet balanced palate of flavour from a combination of first fill bourbon and first fill sherry casks.
We're huge fans of the Glengoyne spirit here at RMW, the range of expressions from bourbon and sherry cask maturation to the more heavily sherried expressions all sing class.This clean fresh citrusy 10 year old is a great introduction to this lesser-spotted highland gem.
Absolut source their winter wheat from the south of Sweden to create their award winning vodka.
Lagavulin Distillers Edition takes the iconic 16-year-old malt and ages for an extra period of time in Pedro Ximinez sherry casks.
What better for making a gin based Bloody Mary (a Red Snapper), than using a spiced gin?
William Grants, the owners of Balvenie Distillery, commission their own Rum to be distilled for the sole purpose of ensuring a consistant and regular supply of quality rum casks with which they can use to mature both Balvenie and Glenfiddich.
Juniper is in abundant supply in the Black Forest and is used for Black Forest ham and now used for Black Forest gin in the form of Monkey 47.
Glenglassaugh is a costal distillery you may not have heard of, throughout its history it has endured several closures, mothballing, refurbishment, and many short lived unssuccesful ownerships.
One of our go to bourbons, Wild Turkey benefits from a father and son master distiller team, and between them Jimmy and Eddie Russell have nearly 100 years of distilling experience.
Portobello Road Gin was created at the Ginstitute in London and has become a roaring success.
The Buffalo Trace distillery produces some of the most highly prized and collectable whiskies made in north America, but their "standard" release is anything but, This is truly a bang for your buck bourbon loaded with big rich fruity flavours and woody vanilla notes.
Giffard have been producing liqueurs since 1885.
There are so many cocktails that require a simple gomme sugar syrup that really you should get some for the house.
If you like Singapore Slings or Tequila Sunrises, you will need to get some Giffard Grenadine.
An almond syrup from the Giffard team.
Fans of Glenfiddich love its easy, light, fruity nature, and this elegant 21 year old expression is further enhanced by the spirit resting in ex-rum casks to add another layer of depth and flavour.
Whisky, sugar and bitters, stirred over ice.
Celery bitters initially sound like an odd idea, but think about sharpening your G&T, or adding some layers to your Bloody Mary and you start to see the many uses for this unusual ingredient.
For your rich whisky, rum or brandy cocktails, orange bitters can be the perfect choice.
Brockmans Gin is different from pretty much every other gin on the market.
The bitters of choice for the illustrious Sazerac cocktail, Peyschaud's was originally created by Antoine Amédée Peychaud in the 1830's.
Chairman's Reserve produce full flavoured, rich and spicy rums.
A powerfully spiced rum, that has been aged for between 12 and 24 months.
Distilled in Russia from wheat and rye grown on their own farms, infused with orange flavourings which give it lovely orange and dark chocolate notes.
Created at the Balmenach Distillery in Speyside, Caorunn gin has lovely berry and apple notes.
To make The Botanist Islay Gin, Bruichladdich distillery take spirit and infuse it with 22 locally foraged botanicals and 9 classic botanicals.
Grapefruit bitters are a citrus cocktails friend.
A mixture of column and pot distilled rums aged in Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam and Jack Daniels casks.
Oily and briney, with some sweet notes among the peaty smoky notes, Ledaig 10 has become quite popular with staff and customers.
If you are looking for a high quality, well-made spiced rum, look no further.
Spicy, appley and robust, this is a lovely, full bodied Highland malt and well worth an exploration.
Arran's brilliant wine cask finish range really showcases the depth of flavour achived by the use of partially dried grapes used in the process of making this classic Italian wine, bottled at 50% so you really explore its nuances with the addition of a little water.
No peat with this Islay whisky but lots of sweet and chewy sherry cask influence so if you're a fan of Glendronach or Glenfarclas you might find the Bunnahabhain 12 Year old to your liking.
A great gift for those wanting to get into cocktails or are just interested in adding interesting flavours to different drinks.
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The Darnley's Gin recipe was inspired by the wild elderflower that grows around the Wemyss Family estate.
The work that goes into making tequila and mezcal can sometimes be underestimated.
If you are looking to get into mezcal, and you like lots of interesting flavours, this is a great bottle to start with.
With St Giles Catherdral being directly opposite our sister shop Royal Mile Whiskies, we feel close to this landmark and to this beer!
The Holyrood area is just down the road from our sister shop Royal Mile Whiskies and was once the heart of the Edinburgh brewing scene.
Planteray XO 20th Anniversary was released to celebrate Alexander Gabriel's 20th anniversary as their master blender.
Edradour is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque distilleries in Scotland and one of the most traditional.
Back in the black and white days of the 1960's Speyside whiskies tended to be a tad more full bodied and a little more peatier than they are today.
Named after the infamous whirlpool located off the coast of Jura.
A single vintage, single estate anejo tequila from the fine folks at Ocho Tequila.
The Four Roses Small Batch consists of whsky aged around 6-7 years selected from four barrels with two different mash bills and using four different yeast strains.
Aged for 8 months and 8 days in American White Oak casks.
Grown and distilled on their estate, the Ocho refers to the 8 years it takes to grow the agave, their 8th attempt to perfect the Ocho recipe, and the distilleries 80th year of making tequila.
Consistently voted one of the best gins in the world, Tanqueray 10 is more fruit led than the original Tanqueray, with lots of orange and grapefruit notes.
With so many different types of distillation equipment under one roof, it gives Demerara distillers the tools to create a variety of rums.
One of our favourite rums, El Dorado 12 is created by the fine folks at the Demerara Distillery in a combination of pot and column stills.
Aged for up to 12 years, this Venezuelan rum is a mixture of 80% pot distilled heavier rums and 20% lighter, more aromatic rums.
This reposado tequila is 100% blue agave, fermented with wild yeast for some more interesting flavours.
One of the most popular tequilas in Mexico.
Named after a prize-winning Mexican show jumping horse, Arette Tequila perhaps doesn't have the same kick its namesake did, as it is a smoother, more floral tequila with some fruity notes.
One of the most well-known, and most popular tequilas.
We found Flor De Cana 7-Year-Old to have a good amount of spice, and demerara notes.
This family owned distillery has been producing rum for 130 years, and is still family owned, which is quite something!
One of the iconic gin brands, Beefeater is still made in London to their founder James Burrough's 150-year-old recipe.
The Gosling family have been blending fine Caribbean rum for 200 years.
Koko Kanu is an excellent coconut rum created by Wray and Nephew, a company with over 150 years’ experience making rum.
Famed for their world-famous Angostura Bitters, Angostura actually produce rum as well (the base for the bitters!).
Originally one of Cuba's more popular rums, now produced in the Dominican Republic (due to years of political upheaval).
They have been making spirit at the Nolet distillery in the Netherlands for over 300 years, and this experience helped them craft Ketel One vodka.
A popular rum among customers and staff, Ron Zacapa is distilled and aged in Guatemala.
One of the most well-known rums in the world.
Made using pure, clean Icelandic water, distilled in a copper carterhead still and bottled in small batches.
Enjoyed by James Bond and Ab Fab, Stolichnaya Red has been popular since its launch over 80 years ago.
English Gin, Icelandic water, combined and infused with lime peel, bitter orange, and the not so secret ingredient of cucumber which gives freshness.
Belvedere vodka is crafted at one of Poland's oldest distilleries, established in 1910, using locally grown golden Polish rye and purified water.
World renowned cocktail bitters formulated in 1824.
Gran Centenario Reposado Tequila is aged in French Limousin oak casks, which give fruity notes, body and complexity to this 100% blue agave reposado tequila.
Classic and iconic, Tanqueray has been one of the most popular gins since it was first released in 1830.
For those that aren't the biggest fans of juniper, here is a botanical infused vodka with no juniper in sight!
Zubrowka has become one of the biggest selling vodkas in the world.
One of the most popular vodkas in Poland, distilled from high quality rye, Wyborowa has become one of our favourite entry level vodkas.
Produced using the finest French winter wheat, and natural spring water.
The perfect gift for someone looking to start a journey into the world of Scotch whisky.
We love these nifty little bottles of Diageo's classic malts range.
The heavier side of the Classic Malts range as repesrented by the heavily peated Lagavulin, the coastal and peppery Talisker and the big bodied fruitiness of Cragganmore.
A box set of three of the lighter style whiskies from Diageo's classic malts range.
Since 1880 Aberlour distillery has been producing single malt in the Speyside region and in the last fifteen years it's various expressions have received a multitude of international accolades.
A fantastic dram that is full of intense sherry character.
Glencadam has really come on leaps and bounds since the distillery was purchased by Angus Dundee from Allied in 2003.
A much underated whisky, Glencadam's fruit forward character is really shown off in style with their flagship 10 year old expression.
Isle of Skye's iconic single malt Talisker holds a special place in most Single Malt drinkers' hearts.
Deanston's owners, Burn Stewart have taken a refreshingly adventurous approach to the distilery over the last couple of years, releasing some excellent and interesting whiskies.
The Signet from Glenmorangie does not carry an age statement but we do know that it contains some of Glenmorangie's oldest stock, it is a full, rich, velvety expression thanks to the use of a very specific type of malted barley.
Macallan has become well known all over the world for their rich, fruity sherried whisky, with complexity, body and the highest quality.
One of our biggest selling blends, the Islay Mist brand was once associated with Laphroaig distillery and to this day, Laphroaig is still one of the principle malts in this blended scotch, as a result, expect a lot more peat and smoke than you'll find in most blends.
The Three Wood name given to this expression of Auchentoshan refers to the three types of cask that have gone into the vatting: bourbon, Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez.
Corn whisky much consist of a minimum of 81% corn in the mashbill and can be matured in either used charred oak barrels or new uncharred oak barrels.
The highland distillery Dalmore has earned a reputation for producing rich, full flavoured whiskies that would not be out of place in a tasting of classic Speyside whiskies.
A rich and spicy dram with an added touch of class.
The Lowland whiskies as a region are often overlooked by malt fans.
The Nectar D'Or is finished in Sauternes wine casks.
Matured in First-Fill bourbon barrels and then finished in a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez sherry butts, the Lasanta forms part of Glenmorangie's core range of cask finished expressions, something the distillery was at the forefront in developing in the 1990s.
A malty, chocolaty and fruity whisky, that has mainly been used for blending in the past.
Distilled at the Heaven Hill Distillery, this is a 4 year old straight rye whiskey.
Smoke is the iconic signature of Islay whiskies, and each distillery uses peated barley at there own specified level, and as Bowmore sits in the medium range of smokiness it is therefore a great entry whisky to discover this unique island flavour profile.
Having been established almost two and a half centuries ago and one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, Bowmore produces a classicially smoky Islay malt balanced by a fresh fruitness.
One of the best 10 year old malts on the market, Talisker 10 continues to garner great reviews.
Oak Cross is a great example of Compass Boxes innovative and ground breaking approach for the art of blending.
A heavily peated single malt from the Tomintoul distillery, which traditionally only produces unpeated malt.
Smokehead is a good fun game of guess the distillery.
A cracking whisky and despite the age not heavily dominated by the sherry casks.
A great opportunity to purchase a cask strength whisky at a bargain price.
To create Nikka from the barrel, the Nikka whisky blenders take the fruity, balanced Miyagiko single malt, blend this with the more peaty Yoichi single malt and combine this with their Nikka grain whisky.
Laphroaig Quarter Cask takes the smoky, oily, medicinal Laphroaig spirit, and adds some coconut and banana notes.
A lovely high rye offering from Four Roses.
A great example of an older whisky that still shows off its house style and balances the complexities of oak with their powerful house spirit.
Established in 2004, Penderyn have created some pretty interesting whiskies, in their own unique style.
An exellent peated example from this very highly regarded Speyside distillery.
Ardbeg Uigeadail has got to be up there with a lot of peoples favourite Islay whiskies.
Tomatin 12 year old has first been matured in boubon casks, before being finished in Oloroso sherry casks for between 6 and 9 months.
While there is a definite following for rye led whiskies in the bourbon world, wheated bourbons do have their fans.
Hosting a new world whisky tasting?
A light, fruity whisky from the Tomintoul distillery in Speyside.
The ever popular Clynelish 14 Year old was added to the Classic Malts range in 2002.
Caol Ila is the largest distillery on Islay and one of the largest in Scotland.
A worthy addition to the pantheon of Islay's smokey whiskies.
The high rye content of the mashbill ensures that Bulliet bourbon has a distinctly spicier character that the more corn dominated bourbons available on the market.
On the lighter side of Highland whisky, this Perthshire classic has honey flavours at its core.
The Booker's range from Jim Beam takes its name from the noted distiller Booker Noe who would bottle cask strength whiskey only from casks maturing at the centre of the warehouse.
From an undiscosed Islay distillery.
A gentle Speyside dram from the folks at Tomintoul distillery.
The excellent combination of bourbon casks and Ardbeg's signature peated spirit makes this a classic whisky that should be on every peat freak's wish list.
A rich and spicy bourbon from the folks at Woodford Reserve.
A lovely sherried dram from Diageo's Dailuaine distillery.
A mystery Islay malt.
The 15 year old release of Benromach's lovey medium peated whisky.
The only peated Irish whisky on the market, Connemara is made at Beam Suntory's Cooley distillery.
The combination of bourbon, sherry and port casks used to mature this whisky make for a lovely melange of flavours.
Wheras sherry cask are used extensively during the maturation of single malt whisky by the vast majority of distilleries, the use of port casks is considerably less widely practiced, and the use of these cask is usually restricted to a shorter period of finishing rather than full maturation.
If you are looking to get into Irish whiskey, Redbreast 12 is a great place to start.
Aged for between 6 and 8 years in alligator char, American white oak casks, Wild Turkey 101 is a bit of a classic.
The world-famous wax sealed bourbon.
Named after one Patrick J.
A lovely blended whisky at a very reasonable price point.
An excellent "bang for your buck" blend from one of our favourite Independent bottlers.
Knockando Distillery is just west of Craigellachie, close to the River Spey.
Soft peach and barley sugar flavours abound in this excellent botting from one of Diageo's unsung distilleries.
Scotland's most northerly distillery in far away Orkney produces what many whisky aficionados considered to be one of the most perfectly formed drams.
Highland Park is considered by many malt fans as "one of the classics", and it deserves that title as this whisky from Orkney is lightly peated and fully sherry cask matured giving it a distinctive flavour profile compared to the more heavily peated malts from Islay or Skye.
This Glenfiddich expression is perhaps unique among not only Glenfiddich's range but of single malts in general as its maturation is based on the traditional sherry maturation Solera system.
A lovely example of Glenlivet's fruit laden style.
The brothers Grant were up until 1840 illicit distillers, but with the essential raw materials for whisky production at hand and a perfect geographic location they decided to go legitimate.
Glenfarclas is iconic for many reasons amongst Scottish whisky distilleries, the same Grant family has run the distillery since 1870 producing sherried whiskies that Speyside is famous for.
This is many people's favourite expression of Glenfarclas and once you try it, you'll understand why.
The ever reliable and ever tasty Glenfarclas 10 year old is a classic.
Ever popular and definetly for those with a sweet tooth, this big and bold whisky comes from one of Scotlands most beautiful distilleries.
One of the few Scottish distilleries in a town centre (Oban grew around the distillery).
Always considered one of the high-quality spirits, Linkwood has been predominantly used as a blenders malt, for blends like Johnnie Walker, or released occasionally as an independent bottling.
This south coast Islay malt is consistently rated one of the best smoky whiskies in the world.
Founded in the whisky boom of the late 19th century, Dalwhinnie's rather windswept but stunning location was chosen for it's accress to the clear spring water of Lochan-Doire-Uaine.
The super floral Cragganmore.
Blair Athol is one of the key malts that contribute to the famours blended whisky Bells, so much so that the distillery visitor centre located in the central Highland town of Pitlochry is marketed as the "The House of Bells".
The only official bottling from this Speyside distillery.
One of the first whiskies to be released that centred on the concept of cask finishing, Balvenie 12 Year Old Doublewood has been a mainstay of the whisky world for so long it is easy to forget just how revolutionary this whisky was when is was released.
A fantastic whisky and one of our biggest sellers.
A fruity, easy drinking malt from Speyburn distillery, close to the River Spey in Speyside.
Fully matured for 12 years in bourbon casks in their salt encrusted warehouses on the north coast of Scotland, Old Pulteney 12 balances plenty of sweeter notes with briny notes and even the tiniest dash of smoke.