Close to 600 spirits from around the world competed in a blind tasting where top spirits buyers from around the New York metropolitan area judged the products by their category and price.

Winners – Double Gold Medal

Agave/Tequila – Herradura Anejo

Armagnac – Marquis de Montesquiou

Cachaça – Cachaca Paratiana

Gin – McClintock Reserve – Striped Pig Gin

Liqueurs – Psychis Mastiha of Chios

Mixers Carbonated – Cutwater Ginger Beer

Rum – Bliss 1895 Spiced Rum – Three Sheets Aged Rum

Vodka – Cutwater Fugu Vodka

Whiskey – Glen Moray 15 Year – Jim Beam Distiller’s Cut 2017 Release – Westland Distillery Peated