The shelves, bottle by bottle.

Champagne, sparkling, wine and spirits

The champagnes range from the grand maisons (Dom Pérignon, Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque, Bollinger, Deutz, Bruno Paillard, Jacquesson) to growers in Aÿ, the Côte des Blancs and the Aube (Gatinois, Diebolt-Vallois, Lancelot-Pienne, Charpentier, Drappier, Laherte). Among the Italian sparkling wines are Giulio Ferrari, Altemasi and Letrari from Trentino, Ca' del Bosco and Uberti from Franciacorta, Alta Langa from Contratto and Marcalberto, and Sandro De Bruno's Lessini Durello. Among the still wines, Occhipinti and COS from Sicily, Tenuta Fornace from Oltrepò Pavese, Pācina from Tuscany, Emidio Pepe from Abruzzo and Movia from Slovenian Brda.

Gin is the section with the most labels: Italian gins from the Alps to Sicily and Sardinia (Alpestre, Poli's Marconi, Engine, Malfy, Favignana, Rena 41), English London Dry gins such as Sipsmith, Plymouth, Beefeater and Tarquin's, Hendrick's from Scotland, Monkey 47 from Germany, the Japanese Roku, Ki No Tea, Ukiyo and Sakurao, then Spain, Greece, Norway and Mexico.

Rum is the second section: Jamaican pot still rums from Hampden and Appleton (Hearts Collection), Barbados with Foursquare and Doorly's, Haiti with Vieux Sajous, Vieux Labbé and Providence, rhum agricole and traditionnel from Martinique and Réunion (J. Bally, Savanna), then Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia, Panama and the Philippines.

Many bottles come from independent bottlers such as Habitation Velier, Papalin, Rum Nation and Collection Moon: they select a single distillery and often a single vintage, at full strength and in limited numbers.

The whiskies range from Scotch single malts (The Macallan 15 and 18, Highland Park 18, Laphroaig, Bowmore, Signatory Vintage bottlings) to the Japanese Hibiki, Yamazaki and Nikka, Kentucky bourbon and rye and Indian single malts from Amrut. Then 100% agave tequila and mezcal artesanal, and the riserva grappas from the Sibona distillery, finished in Port, Sauternes and rum casks.

We are at the Le Vele centre in Camisano Vicentino, between Vicenza and Padua, a few minutes from Grisignano di Zocco, Torri di Quartesolo, Piazzola sul Brenta and Veggiano.