The selection of gozenshu differed according to the lord of each domain; for gozenshu, some daimyo selected Itami sake like the shogun family, or at least the sake from the same Sessen-juni-go (the twelve sake brewing districts in Settsu Province and Izumi Province shipping for Edo) where the Itami sake was produced, and some others selected the sake which was the local specialty of the hometown, for the purpose of industrial development of his own domain.
御膳酒は、それぞれの藩主の方針によって、将軍家と同じ伊丹酒や、そうでなくても同じ地方である摂泉十二郷の酒を御膳酒に指定した大名もいれば、自領の産業育成のため、国許（くにもと）特産の酒を御膳酒に指定した大名もいる。