Message 11190 of 39188 in General Discussion

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George,

  I'm confused. You say that Stolichnaya is not a brand, but then there is a 
brand called Stolichnaya. Is that something for non-Russians only or is there 
something else I'm missing?

KC

> Stolichnaya is not really a brand, but a type of vodka. All 
> distilleries in Russia are allowed to distil it. Same goes with 
> Polish vodka. Any newly developed brands are distillery specific.
> 
> As for the Stoli Gold/ Stoli Cristal thing. There was a vodka called 
> plainly "Cristal" and than won the right to be called Cristal, so 
> Stoli had to re-brand to Stoli Gold.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> George