Considered

Spirits & wine

• Berry Bros. & Rudd — London's oldest wine and spirits merchant; royal warrant holders since 1698.
• Blanton's — The original single-barrel bourbon from Kentucky, famous for its horse stoppers.
• Bollinger — Iconic Champagne house with a royal warrant; James Bond's preferred champagne.
• Buffalo Trace — Oldest continuously operating U.S. distillery; renowned for premium bourbons.
• Catena Zapata — Mendoza-based family winery known for pioneering high-altitude Malbec.
• Charles Heidsieck — Reims-based Champagne house; known for long lees ageing and its Brut Reserve.
• Clase Azul — Guadalajara-based premium tequila known for hand-painted ceramic bottles.
• Compass Box — London-based modern Scotch blender known for design-led packaging.
• Felton Road — Central Otago premium Pinot Noir producer known for biodynamic single vineyards.
• GlenDronach — Aberdeenshire sherry cask single malt specialist founded in 1826.
• Hine — Jarnac-based cognac house; known for vintage and early-landed Cognacs.
• Inniskillin — Niagara-based Canadian ice wine pioneers known for their award-winning Vidal.
• Karlo Estates — Boutique Ontario winery in a historic barn; known for Sextus red and sparkling.
• Krug — Reims-based prestige Champagne house known for its complex Grande Cuvee blends.
• Lagavulin — Iconic Islay distillery known for peated, smoky and maritime single malt whisky.
• Lot 40 — Revived 100% rye Canadian whisky tradition; respected single-style rye.
• Master of Malt — Online spirits merchant; known for Drinks by the Dram sample subscriptions.
• Monkey 47 — Black Forest gin with 47 botanicals in a signature brown apothecary bottle.
• Mount Gay — St. Lucy-based; the world's oldest commercial rum brand, producing since 1703.
• Movia — Slovenian heritage biodynamic winery; pioneer of modern orange wine.
• Nikka — Heritage Japanese whisky distiller founded by Masataka Taketsuru in 1934.
• Pappy Van Winkle — Frankfort-based; world's most sought-after and rare wheated bourbon.
• Pheasant's Tears — Georgian producer of qvevri-aged orange wines using 8,000-year-old traditions.
• Pol Roger — Epernay-based family-run Champagne house famously favoured by Winston Churchill.
• Redbreast — Respected Irish single pot still whiskey producer from Midleton Distillery.
• Sipsmith — Pioneering London copper-pot gin distillery known for its classic London Dry Gin.
• Springbank — Campbeltown family-owned distillery known for handling all production on-site.
• The Whisky Exchange — London-founded curated whisky merchant known for exclusive single cask bottlings.
• WhistlePig — Vermont-based specialist rye whiskey distillery; known for its 10 Year Rye.