Vodka ValleyWelcome to another Vodka Valley vodka tasting write-up. This week revisited a few of our favorites, as we thought it would be a good idea to put together a few of the vodkas we find when hitting the town up against each other. Let’s face it, a lot of vodka companies market themselves as ‘premium’ […]
Tovaritch means comrade in Russian, and so we find Tovaritch Vodka to actually befit it’s name. It’s a wonderful companion for any vodka enthusiast, and is warm and welcoming to all. We recently had the pleasure of receiving two bottles from Ralph’s Wines & Spirits courtesy of Tovaritch & Spirits. Tovaritch hails from St. Petersburg, and is […]
We figured you guys might be wanting a little bit…more from just the regular cocktails, vodka tastings and reviews. So after a little brainstorming we are very happy to present the first of a new kind of article here on Vodka Valley: Zakuskis! We’ll be showing you some quick, simple recipes to create some delicious hors […]
The 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale threw this cocktail back into the spotlight – after what seemed like an eternity of vodka martinis “shaken, not stirred.” Make no mistake, the Vesper is a different beast all together, and is the epitome of a Bond cocktail. Named after Bond’s love interest at the time, the […]
What do you do when you got some new bottles of vodka lying around and no one to drink them with? Easy – you call your friends over and you have a tasting session. Which is exactly what we decided to do. Ready to taste! We didn’t really have a theme in mind for […]
A relatively new cocktail dating from the late 80’s, the Sex on the Beach is one of those drinks that actually reflects the era it was created in quite well. It’s colorful, fruity, and has a decent kick to it. The drink has many, many variations and most bars will either stick to the original […]
The spirit of love is in the air, and what better way to celebrate today than with a recipe for a very romantic drink – the Cosmopolitan. Back in the 1990’s, it wasn’t uncommon to hear many women (and some men) ordering cosmos. The drink gained a huge amount of popularity from HBO’s hit series […]
42 Below isn’t a newcomer to the scene, we’ve seen it at the clubs and the bars and we know it’s got a bunch of fruit variations, but I doubt many have actually tasted it. We tend to stick to what we know when we’re out, or as a mixer – but since tasting this […]
The Long Island Ice Tea, contrary to some belief, does not contain any tea in it whatsoever. What it is is a potent mix of clear alcohol that, when made just right, so happens to taste like ice tea. Created in the 1970’s in the famous Oak Beach Inn in Long Island, the drink was […]
In recent news, South African police recently busted a bootleg vodka operation in Durban, on the East coast of South Africa. The counterfeiters were producing hokey alcohol and trying to pass them off as Smirnoff brand vodka to unsuspecting consumers. This isn’t the first major bootlegging operation of alcohol that has occurred and indeed it […]