Review: Kru 82 Peach Mango Vodka
Kru 82 Peach Mango vodka combines the worlds most popular fruit, mango with the third most popular fruit in the US, peach. It is one of five vodka flavors Western Spirits has introduced since it launched the original Kru 82 vodka in 2010. The 82 in the name refers to the 82 proof their original vodka is bottled at. Most unflavored vodkas are sold at 80 proof. The Kru 82 flavored line is bottled at 72 proof while most flavored vodkas are made at 70 proof. The vodka starts with French winter wheat and extra pure spring water. It is distilled 5 times in France before being flavored and bottled by Three Springs Bottling Company in Bowling Green Kentucky. Read more 
Review: Smirnoff Cranberry Vodka
Smirnoff Cranberry vodka was introduced in 2003. It was originally called Twist of Cranberry. It is one of 39 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as the base. Recipe 21 is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered ten times. Smirnoff Cranberry adds natural cranberry flavor. Natural cranberry is tart but not sweet so to offset the tartness cranberry juice is filled with added sugar. To offset the tartness of cranberry, several distillers have added a second much sweeter fruit to their cranberry flavored vodkas. Smirnoff Cranberry does not add a secondary fruit flavor. Read more
Review: Grey Goose La Poire Vodka
Grey Goose La Poire vodka was introduced February 2007. It is one of five flavored vodkas Grey Goose has created to compliment their original Grey Goose. It is made in France with soft winter wheat grown in the Picardy region of France, and pristine spiring water that has been naturally filtered through Champaign limestone from the Cognac region in France. It is distilled using a five column distillation process. Spring water filtered through a double reverse osmosis is blended with the vodka before it is filtered through cellulose and carbon. Anjou pears grown in the Anjou region of France are delivered to a parfumerie where the flavors and aromas are extracted. These essential oils are then blended with their original vodka. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Acai Blueberry Vodka
Van Gogh Acai Blueberry vodka was introduced in 2007. It is one of 21 flavored vodkas they currently create in Holland where they also make their Original and Blue Three Wheat vodkas. Acai Blueberry starts with a mix of wheat, corn, and barley and they triple distill in small batches. Natural Acai juice from the Brazilian rainforest and blueberry are then infused using a six week double infusion process before certified red and blue color is added. Read more
Review: Absolut Cherrykran Vodka
Absolut Cherrykran vodka was introduced May 2012. It is one of twenty flavored vodkas Absolut creates in Ahus Sweden for the US market. Cherrykran is made with Swedish winter wheat and pure deep well water. A continuous distillation process is used before all natural sun-ripe cherries, fresh white cranberry and sweet plum flavor is added. White cranberries are the same berry as the red cranberry, they are just picked a few weeks early. They are less tart and have not turned red yet. No sugar or preservatives are added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Three Olives Vanilla Vodka
Three Olives Vanilla vodka was introduced January 2003. It is one of 27 vodka flavors Three-O creates in England with vodka made from English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales that is quadruple distilled and triple filtered through charcoal. Natural flavors are added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 35% alcohol. Three-O Vanilla vodka was one of the first vanilla flavored vodka’s on the market but with over twenty vanilla flavored vodka’s to choose from and new competition from cake and whipped cream flavored vodka’s the competition has intensified. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Sorbet Light White Peach
Smirnoff Sorbet Light White Peach is the newest Sorbet Light vodka flavor Smirnoff creates with 78 calories per 1.5 Oz. serving. Smirnoff launched their Sorbet Light line March 2013 with three flavors. White Peach is their sixth flavor. They start with their Recipe 21 vodka which is made with American grain that is triple distilled and filtered ten times before natural flavors are infused. White peaches differ from the more popular yellow peaches in more than just color. White peaches are typically sweeter and less acidic than yellow peaches. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Sorbet Light Summer Strawberry
Smirnoff Sorbet Light Summer Strawberry will be introduced later this month. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle a little early. It is one of six reduced calorie vodka flavors in their Sorbet Light line. I will be reviewing their other new flavor tomorrow. They start with their Recipe 21 vodka which is made with American grain that is triple distilled and filtered ten times before all natural flavors are infused. It is bottled at 30% alcohol with 78 calories per 1.5 Oz. serving. Read more
Review: Grey Goose Cherry Noir Vodka
Grey Goose Cherry Noir vodka was introduced April 2012. It is one of five flavored vodkas Grey Goose has created to complement their original Grey Goose. It is made in France with soft winter wheat and pristine spring water that has been naturally filtered through Champaign limestone from the Cognac region of France. It is distilled using a five column distillation process. Spring water filtered through double reverse osmosis is blended with the vodka before it is filtered through cellulose and carbon. The rarest black cherries from orchards in the Southwest of France are delivered to a parfumerie where the flavors and aromas are extracted. These essential oils are then blended with their original vodka. Read more
Review: Stoli Cranberi Vodka
Stoli Cranberi vodka was introduced November 2005. It is one of 17 flavors created by Stoli in Latvia starting with wheat and pure artisian well water that is triple distilled and filtered four times before natural flavors are added. The cranberry is one of three fruits commercially grown that are native to North America. The others are Concord grape and blueberry. Originally used by native Americans for food, dyes and medicine, cranberries are still primarily grown in North America with Wisconsin and Massachusetts the leading suppliers. Read more