Spirited Awards announces the Top 10 ahead of the Top 4 on June 21. By Holly Graham.

Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards has announced the Top 10 nominees. Top 4 Finalists will be named on June 21, 2022, and winners will be celebrated on July 28, 2022. For the list of Asia’s Top nominees, see below, including yours truly, DRiNK Magazine!

International Bartender of the Year

  • Lorenzo Antinori — ARGO / Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts, Hong Kong
  • Keith Motsi — Charles H. Seoul at the Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
  • Ezra Star — Mostly Harmless, Hong Kong

Best International Bar Mentor 

  • Arijit Bose

Best International Bar Team 

  • Jigger & Pony at the Amara Hotel — Singapore

Best International Cocktail Bar 

  • COA — Hong Kong

Best International Hotel Bar

  • Bar Trigona at the Four Seasons Hotel — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Charles H. Seoul at the Four Seasons Hotel — Seoul, South Korea
  • Jigger & Pony at the Amara Hotel — Singapore
  • MO BAR at the Mandarin Oriental — Singapore
  • Origin Bar at The Shangri-La Hotel — Singapore

Best International Restaurant Bar 

  • Caffe Fernet — Singapore

Best New International Cocktail Bar 

  • ARGO — Hong Kong

Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication presented by Diageo Bar Academy

  • DRiNK Magazine Asia

Best New Cocktail or Bartending Book presented by Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic

  • Tokyo Cocktails by Nicholas Coldicott

World’s Best Spirits Selection presented by Beam Suntory

  • Origin Bar at The Shangri-La Hotel — Singapore

For the full list, visit talesofthecocktail.org