Spirited Awards announces the Top 4 ahead of the ceremony on July 28. By Holly Graham.

Four Seasons properties are flying the flag for Asia at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards Top 4 nominees. The year-old Argo at the Four Seasons Hong Kong has made the Top 4 for Best New International Cocktail Bar, with frontman Lorenzo Antinori also clocking in the Top 4 for International Bartender of the Year. 

Another nod for International Bartender of the Year goes to Keith Motsi, head bartender at Charles H at the Four Seasons Seoul, which is also in the running for Best International Hotel Bar.

Winners will be announced on July 28, 2022 in New Orleans. For the list of Asia’s Top 4 nominees, see below:

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

Best International Hotel Bar

  • Charles H. Seoul at the Four Seasons Hotel — Seoul, South Korea

Best New International Cocktail Bar 

  • ARGO — Hong Kong

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