Review: Three Olives Raspberry Vodka
Three Olives Raspberry vodka was introduced January 2003. It was launched with their Vanilla flavor as their third and fourth flavors. It is now one of 28 vodka flavors Proximo creates under the Three-O label. It is distilled in England, but currently not available for sale in the UK. It is distilled with English wheat and water for Lake Vyrnmy in Wales at the G&J Greenalls distillery. The vodka is quadruple distilled and triple filtered before natural raspberry flavor is added in Lawrenceburg Indiana, where it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more 
Review: 360 Bing Cherry Vodka
360 Bing Cherry vodka was introduced in 2010 by Earth Friendly Distilling, a division of McCormick Distilling in Weston Missouri. They now produce 13 vodka varieties. Bing Cherry starts with American grain that is quadruple distilled and filtered five times before it is infused with natural Bing cherry flavor. Bing cherries are large firm dark red cherries that are primarily sold and eaten fresh. They are the top selling cherry in the US. They were crossbred and created in Oregon by horticulturist Seth Lewelling and named after his long time Chinese foreman Ah Bing. Read more
Review: Absolut Mandrin Vodka
Absolut Mandrin vodka was the forth flavored vodka Absolut crafted when they introduced it in 1999. It is now one of 20 flavored vodka’s Absolut distills for the US market. They start with Swedish winter wheat and pure deep well water. A continuous distillation process is used before all natural ingredients including orange, mandarin, and citrus are added. No sugar is added before bottling in Sweden at 40% alcohol. Read more
Review: Pearl Blueberry Vodka
Pearl Blueberry vodka is one of 18 flavors St. Louis based Luxco creates under the Pearl label. Pearl crafts their vodka in small batches using pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams and soft Canadian Winter wheat. It is distilled 5 times and filtered 6 times before natural flavors are infused. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Black Cherry Vodka
Van Gogh Black Cherry vodka was introduced in 2005. It is one of 24 vodka varieties they create in Holland. They also distill a gin. Black Cherry starts with a mix of wheat, corn, and barley and they triple distill in small batches. Black cherries grown in the US are then infused using a six week double infusion process. Read more
Review: Fris Orange Freeze Vodka
Fris Orange Freeze vodka was introduced July 2012 as Pernod Richard re-launched the Fris vodka line. It is one of 4 vodka flavors they distill in Canada with whole grain wheat and pure spring water. The other flavors are Citrus, Whipped, and their unflavored original. Fris was originally created in Denmark in 1989 at the Aalborg Distillery. It was sold in 1999 to V&S and again in 2008 to Pernod Richard, the parent company of Absolut Vodka. They use a six column distillation process that continuously freeze distills the vodka at 14 degrees. The fusel oils, a by-product of the fermentation process freeze into a solid mass and are removed leaving a clean pure vodka. All natural flavors are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Moon Mountain Wild Raspberry Vodka
Moon Mountain Wild Raspberry vodka was introduced by Diageo with their Coastal Citrus, and Artisanal unflavored vodka November 2010. While I still find this vodka on the shelves of liquor stores, their website now directs me to bar.com. The Moon Mountain name was inspired by the Sonoma California vineyard where master distiller Gerry Webb took his inspiration to craft a vodka with the same love and detail as a fine wine. Ironically this vineyard is now closed. Moon Mountain uses the finest corn grown in Minnesota and Indiana and distill the vodka twice in Plainfield Illinois. A third distillation in a copper pot still originally made in Scotland in 1934 and used to create gin follows. Purified water and a state of the art filtration follows, before natural organic flavors including wild raspberry and elderberry extract are added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Sours Fruit Punch Vodka
Smirnoff Sours Fruit Punch vodka was just introduced with Green Apple, and Watermelon as part of their just launched Sours line of vodka. With the only recipe listed for all three flavors a shot glass of chilled Sours vodka, it is obvious that this is not a vodka designed to be sipped and savored. Smirnoff is not the first sour flavored brand of vodkas, as Beam Suntory launched their Pucker line of vodkas in 2011. That line now includes 7 flavors, but none of them are fruit punch flavored. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Sours Watermelon Vodka
Smirnoff Sours Watermelon vodka was just introduced with a Green Apple, and a Fruit Punch flavor as part of their just launched Sours line of vodka. For those keeping score at home, Smirnoff now offers 42 vodka flavors. All of these flavors start with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base. It is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered ten times before natural flavors and certified colors are added. Read more
Review: Svedka Cherry Vodka
Svedka Cherry vodka was introduced in 2010. It is one of 12 vodka flavors made in Sweden by Svedka with Swedish Winter wheat and ice cold water from underground springs. They use a continuous distillation process and then run the vodka through high performance purification columns five separate times to remove impurities. All natural Montmorency cherry flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Montmorency cherries are named after a valley in France and they are most commonly used in cherry pies. Read more