Yes, it really There is just so much “hype” over Vodka these days. When I teach A few months ago, Grey Goose was bought out for two billion dollars and I hear story after story about these new vodkas, and most of the stories When I first sipped Vermont Gold Vodka, I knew that I had found the real Most Vodkas are made from grain, and the column stills that are used by The mouthfeel is rich and smooth, and there are soft, subtle layers of
is made from maple sap!
the Distilled Spirits class for the Sommelier Society of America, I have
my students taste two well-known vodkas “blind”, without telling
them anything at all about either one. They are always surprised that,
while they taste the same quality in both, one sells for twice the price
of the other.
then lost out in the NY Times taste test to Smirnoff, that sells for less
than half the price per bottle. A famous “Dutch” vodka turns
out to be made in the same US distillery that makes Uri, Popov and Nikoli,
and is only bottled in Europe. “Triple Distilled” vodkas are
really distilled once.
make no sense at all. (Really, how does filtering anything over crystals
do anything except drive up the price?) So, when a new premium Vodka comes
along, I have to be convinced that there’s really something special
about it, and the only way to convince me is to pour me a glass and give
me a few minutes. Let me look, sniff and taste for myself.
thing! Hand made and 100% organic, distilled in small batches in an old-fashioned
pot still, Vermont Gold is the finest tasting Vodka I’ve ever had.
Ever.
the big distillers strip away any and all distinct aromas and flavors.
This one is so far from those mass produced, watery Vodkas that it really
should be in a class of its own: It is truly the “single malt”
of Vodkas!
flavor with a faint, almost haunting hint of maple. I add nothing to this
wonderful Vodka: either with a few ice cubes or neat, straight from the
freezer, a la Russe, the way my Russian Grandmother drank hers.
