X MUSE draws on that history and experience, employing craft and new methods, blend heritage barley and the purest water to produce a delicious vodka of the richest, deepest character and qualities. It depicts the head of Sappho, the Greek lyrical poet whose extraordinary creative gifts led Plato to dub her the ‘tenth muse’, thus ranking her alongside the Nine Muses of Greek mythology. The first of these, is his Yuba Tartelette, made with Scottish salmon, yuzu jelly and pistachio as a nod to X MUSE’s Scottish roots and his own Italian heritage and international culinary influences. A new luxury spirit for the discerning drinker, XMUSE, pronounced ‘tenth muse’, is the brainchild offormer Pernod Ricard Senior Marketer Vadim Grigoryan and co-creator ofEdinburgh’s sculpture park Jupiter Artland, Robert Wilson.

With a nose of estery apples and pears, giving both fresh and cooked fruits there is plenty of complexity.X MUSE will be present and active in places, many and various, where art and creativity are celebrated. In partnership with specialists at Heriot-Watt University two heritage varieties of barley, Plumage Archer and Maris Otter were selected. The Tenth Muse is the inspiration for X Muse vodka and if you read their story you will see the incredible thought that has gone into creating a vodka with incredible flavour.

In ancient Greece, an ear of barley signified the eternal cycle of resurrection after death in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Drawn from the history and experience of Scottish spirit-making, heritage barleys and the purest water combine to produce a .In ancient Greece, an ear of barley represented eternal life and the cycle of resurrection after death within Eleusinian Mysteries. He said: “Vodka is always considered as an odourless, colourless spirit that should only be used for mixing, rather than being a delicious drink on its own. element from each distillation which would otherwise evaporate was it not for our fractional condensation apparatus which collects this tiny volume (15ml per day) at a pressure less than half that at the summit of Mount Everest and at temperatures colder than the South Pole (-75c). We strongly believe in creating an ambitious vodka that is inviting, delicious for sipping and savouring every drop,” says Vadim Grigoryan, X MUSE co-founder.

These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. X Muse sources its water from an ancient aquifer, an underground layer of rock that holds groundwater. Made from ‘snap frost’ grapes that are cold fermented before being distilled in a combination of steel and copper stills, it’s a little more refined than your average vodka and comes with a crisp, refreshing taste to match. Hailing from Sweden, Absolut Elyx is distilled in a vintage copper still and bottled in fetching rose gold packaging that’s bound to turn heads on any drinks trolley.

This gloriously sleek vodka is produced from a blend of heritage barley varieties – Maris Otter and Plumage Archer.