10 of the world’s most expensive drinks 2025

When it comes to indulgence, few things capture the essence of extravagance like the world’s priciest spirits and wines. From rare whiskies with bespoke art to Champagne bottles encrusted with diamonds, here are 10 of the most expensive alcoholic drinks, all priced at over a million pounds:

Macallan Michael Dillon 1926 – £1.2 million

The Macallan, known as one of the best whiskey brands, is considered peak luxury for its ultrarare blends and expert ageing methods. In 1986, the brand released 40 bottles of its first-ever single-vintage whiskies, which had aged for 60 years. Fourteen of those bottles featured the brand’s Fine and Rare labels (£1.5 million), and several others were commissioned to be painted. This is the only bottle painted by Irish artist Michael Dillon, and the contents hold a century-old first-ever Macallan vintage, but the art is in the label, which showcases a rendering of The Macallan’s estate in Easter Elchies, Scotland. It acts as the “ultimate goal” for collectors, given its one-of-a-kind nature and was sold in 2018 for £1.2 million.

Dictador M-City Golden Cities Series – £1.3 million

The most expensive rum in the world, like any of the most expensive commodities in the world, is exclusive. But Dictador’s M-City Golden Cities Series reigns supreme as an invite-only luxury. If selected, patrons are flown to Cartagena de Indias, Colombia to choose from 110 private casks. Once chosen, the rum is poured into a 24K gold-plated bottle, personalized by contemporary street artist Mariuz Waras with engravings of each client’s city. Considering that no bottle tastes or looks the same and the highly exclusive and other-worldly experience that comes with the purchase, the rum is priced at around £1.3 million.

Goût de Diamants Champagne – £1.5 million

Champagne GDD Chapuy sold the most expensive bottle of champagne in the world at just over £1.5 million in 2013. The grape is grown in 8 hectares of vineyards on the Champagne Chapuy di Oger Winery. According to GDD, it is the taste that earned the name “Taste of Diamonds Champagne” and not the fact that the bottle’s label is a 19-carat Swarovski crystal and the buyer’s name is engraved in 48 grams of solid white gold. Given the sheer investment of the bottle, the Champagne is expected to increase in value, destined to remain unopened.

The Macallan Valerio Adami – £2.2 million

Alongside The Macallan Michael Dillon auction sale sits the 12 bottles painted by Italian artist Valerio Adami, one of which was destroyed in an earthquake in Japan in 2011. The label, depicting a nude figure staring at The Macallan whisky, was sold by Sotheby’s in 2023 for £2,187,500, setting the world record for any bottle of wine or spirit sold at auction.

Craft Irish Whiskey Co. The Emerald Isle Collection – £2.2 million

In the world of luxury, the Fabergé egg is known to many as the pìece de résistance, emulating wealth and indulgence. A Fabergé egg in addition to two Cohiba Siglo VI Grand Reserve cigars (with a gold-plated cutter), obsidian whiskey stones, a 22K gold Fabergé watch, a carafe of Irish spring water, and a hip flask? That is what most would consider a treasure chest of luxuries. To make matters grander, the chest’s centrepiece is a whiskey finished in rare 401 Pedro Ximenez sherry casks and matured for three decades before meeting its luxury counterparts and selling for £2.2 million.

Tequila Ley .925 Diamante – £2.8 million

With just one bottle of Tequila Ley .925 Diamante still kicking about in the drinks world, it sits as the rarest and most expensive Tequila bottle in the world. Made using 100% Blue Weber agave, grown in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, which is slow-roasted and distilled in copper pots to be aged for up to seven years in French oak barrels, the contents of the bottle are truly top-notch. But luxury does not come without looks, obviously. The bottle uses five pounds of platinum, and designer Jose Davalos Media spent 10 months setting it with 18.5 carats of diamond or 4,100 white diamonds, ultimately pricing the product at just over £2.8 million.

Billionaire Vodka – £3 million

After Leon Verres’ Billionaire Champaigne sold out worldwide, he’s moved on to vodka. Not for the faint of heart, the drink he’s placed on the market holds 18 litres of vodka made from pure wheat and glacial water, a recipe Leon Verres says to be a historic one from the Russian Tzarist period (though it is a top-secret process). Once distilled, the vodka is filtered using diamonds before being sent to a bottle adorned in faux fur and 2,000 precious diamonds set in gold, thus justifying the £3 million price tag.

Isabella Islay Whiskey – £3.8 million

What makes up a multi-million-pound bottle of booze? Is it status? Rare contents? Love for the trade? For Isabella Islay Whiskey Original, it is the over 8,500 diamonds, 300 rubies, and two bars of white gold that encapsulate the world’s most expensive whiskey. If £3.8 million is over your budget, fear not; the Special Edition is just £450,000 and only slightly less impressive to have at the wet bar.

D’Amalfi Limoncello Supreme – £27 million

Designed by Stuart Hughes, this not-so-humble limoncello is the world’s most expensive bottle of booze. While the traditional lemon-flavoured liqueur infused with lemon peels from the Amalfi Coast is impressive and rare in and of itself, it is the bottle which positions D’Amalfi Limoncello Supreme at the top, towering over the list by over £20 million. Hughes, known for gilding, encrusting, bedazzling and the like, made the bottle’s neck home to 3 single-cut diamonds totalling 13 carats, while the body boasts a rare single-cut 18.5-carat diamond. With only two bottles in the world, the late Hughes left a legacy in an ultra-luxury drink, the pinnacle of opulence.

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