This is deliciously beautiful on the nose, with sweet spice, Christmas cake, and a hint of toffee apple. The palate is silky smooth, with a warmth that coats the mouth without being overpowering, and just a hint of smokiness completing the picture. A brilliant debut from this name to watch.

Glenfarclas is one of the only family-run distilleries in Scotland and has been in the Grant family for generations. This 25 year old single malt from Glenfarclas spent its days in 100% Oloroso sherry casks. It's complex, nutty, with clear sherry character and a rich, long finish. It won gold at the 2019 International Spirits Challenge.

Made in County Fermanagh from organically grown wheat, Boatyard is a true farm-to-bottle distillery, using their own wheat and botanicals in the recipe. They use a distinct double contact distillation method to emphasise the flavours of the juniper. It's light, elegant and crisp, with floral notes initially and a broader, textural richness towards the finish.

Malts from the Miyagikyo distillery are known for their elegance and fruit-forward nature. This whisky is made from peated and non-peated barley and is made in indirectly heated pot stills to emphasise the delicate fruity signature style. Maturation is mostly in sherry casks which shines through in the final whisky. Made from a blend of whiskies of various ages.

Mark Reynier is a pioneering believer in terroir in whisky, and moved home to Ireland to focus on expressing each individual barley site in his whiskies. Cuvee is their new flagship, and is a blend of 25 different single farm origin whiskies. The result is finer than the sum of its parts, with aromatic honey, hay, peach, vanilla and orange. It's delicate and elegant in style, and soft, peppery and biscuity on the palate. Unique and characterful.

Antique, from the renowned cognac house Hine, who still count sixth generation Hines as part of the team, now in their sixth generation, is a blend of over 40 cognacs and is truly exceptional. Packed full of spicy, fruity, peppery aromas and flavours, it's also incredibly smooth in texture and unfurls in the glass developing greater and greater complexity.

This award winning Pisco deserves a place in every drinks cabinet. Perfect mixed with lime juice, sugar syrup, egg white, and a few dashes of bitters to create the classic Pisco Sour cocktail. By itself, this Pisco is full of bright, fruity aromas of grapes and green apples.

This truly small-batch premium whiskey from the Michter's Distillery, made using only the finest ingredients and traditional techniques, is a must-have for every home bar. Each batch is made up of no more than 20 full barrels of carefully selected mature whiskeys. The whiskies are known for their soft, mellow style, making it suitable for sipping neat or for mixing. The flavours are rich and concentrated, full of stone fruit, vanilla, cinnamon, raisins and dates. It finishes long and smooth.

This Vermut is made with a mix of Fino sherry and sweet Moscatel infused with botanicals and herbs that present themselves on the aroma profile. Expect rosemary, juniper, sage, chamomile and citrus notes with a grapefruit pithiness on the palate.

This Single Malt Japanese whisky is made at the Yoichi distillery, Nikka's first distillery built in 1934. The founder Masataka Taketsuru chose the town of Yoichi in Hokkaido because of the similar environmental conditions to Scotland, where he learned whisky-making. This whisky is renowned for its saline, maritime qualities, with delicate smoky notes and pungent fruity flavours. It's a blend of whiskies of various ages.

Adelphi is best known as a highly regarded independent bottler. However this is a blend from its private stock, kept in a solera system. The blend is a mystery, but contains whiskies from across Scotland, including Islay, Speyside and Campbeltown. The whisky is always bottled non-chill filtered and with no added colour. The nose is full of rich fruit, caramel and butterscotch. There’s a spiciness to the palate and a long clean finish.

A staple of Fettercairn’s range, this offers the purest expression of the distillery’s house style – matured for 22 years in American White Oak ex-bourbon barrels, this whisky shows a hugely enticing profile of banana, mango, fig, and raisin before developing beautifully into a lingering finish of vanilla, oak, spiced pears, and treacle. Presented at 47% ABV with natural colour and non-chill filtered, there’s no better way to explore the style of this much-loved historic distillery.