TOP 10

Owned and distributed by major wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard , Absolut ’ s appearance on this list is representative of its status as a leader in the premium vodka market . While the Swedish brand has been in production since 1879 , its rise to global fame truly began in the 1980s after the brand started sales outside of Sweden and throughout the international market . Since then its smart and artistic advertising strategies , created by agency TBWA and marked by its recognizable bottle silhouette and its “ ABSOLUT ___” tagline , have helped the vodka stay in the public eye and in demand .

The only entry hailing from the United States happens to be one of the world ’ s most instantly recognizable whiskey brands . Jack Daniel ’ s Black Label Tennessee Whiskey is never far from the top in rankings of the highest valued spirits brands in the world .

22 July 2015