We Struck
Gold

The International Spirits Challenge is regarded by many of the world's leading producers as the ultimate benchmark for excellence. Every entry is judged through a scrupulous blind-tasting process, led by a specialist panel of vodka judges.

No label, no story, no noise to sway them. Just the liquid in the glass. And this year, Desi Daru Original Vodka took Gold.

To everyone who has poured it, gifted it, and asked for it by name: thank you. A Gold is a lovely thing to put on a bottle. It is a better thing to share.

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Recognised by the trade

International Spirits Challenge, Gold 2026

American Distilling Institute 2023, Best in Category

Make it at home

Paloma

Bright, sharp and grapefruit-led. The gold winner at its most refreshing.

50ml Desi Daru Original Vodka
10ml fresh lime juice
5ml agave syrup
Top up with pink grapefruit soda
Garnish: grapefruit wedge and an achari masala salt rim
Glass: a highball, packed with ice

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Pour the gold winner

Three more ways to pour

Desi Martini

Dry martini with cardamom bitters and orange zest.

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Desi Daru + Tonic

Crisp highball, rhubarb-raspberry tonic, pomegranate.

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Chai Espresso Martini

Velvety chai-coffee martini, rich jaggery warmth.

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Why wheat

Real grain.
Not “neutral spirit.”

Oxfordshire winter wheat distilled into Desi Daru Original

Most vodka hides behind the word neutral. Ours starts with Oxfordshire winter wheat, slow-grown through the cold months, then triple distilled until it is clean, soft and quietly sweet. Nothing to mask, because there is nothing to hide. That is what the judges tasted.

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A good drink that does some good

We're a Certified B Corporation, and through our One Sip, One Day pledge with Charity: Water, every bottle helps fund clean drinking water. One sip from you, one day of clean water for someone who needs it.