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NEWS ABOUT: vodka

vodka stories: 16 news summaries
OPINION

 Vodka Tampons? 
 A Ridiculous Myth 

Most teens won't bother with anal beer bongs, either

Aug 28, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet’s been all atwitter with talk of vodka-soaked tampons and anal beer bongs, supposedly new fads in teenage intoxication. The talk stems from an Arizona TV news piece in which a rehab spokeswoman, Stephanie Siete, said teens were shoving liquor into their unmentionables to hurry it into the... More »

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beer • vodka • teen drinking • tampon • urban legend

Bacon-Flavored Donuts? Fine. Vodka? Fine.
But Coffee? No!

UK blogger marvels at Americans' love of pork

Jul 1, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bacon has been popping up everywhere, observes Hattie Garlick for the Times of London. Store shelves teem with chocolate-covered bacon, bacon-flavored vodka, and bacon-flavored donuts, but she almost couldn’t believe the latest culinary staple to get the pig treatment: coffee. “It's a beautiful marriage of two culinary powerhouses—... More »

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food • coffee • pig • donut • vodka • pork • bacon

(Newser) - The kosher alcohol scene has long been dominated by sweet Manishevitz, but that old standby is getting a run for its money as premium wines, and even hard liquor, are crossing the kosher barrier. Making kosher product has many restrictions, but entrepreneurs seem to think Jewish tipplers are in the... More »

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wine • Judaism • kosher • vodka • tequila • Passover • seder

Glossies

 World's Strangest Liquors 

From Pizza Beer to Lizard wine, gimmicks and folklore attract the curious

Jan 7, 09 12:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Necessity may have been the mother of invention for these traditional brewers, but a good marketing scheme has never hurt sales, either. (Remember the worm in the mescal trick?) Travel and Leisure gives us the world's most bizarre liquors:
  • Pizza Beer (Illinois): A chef couple wanted a beer to
... More »

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China • wine • beer • Peru • vodka • liquor

 Big Lebowski 
 Revives White Russians 

White Russians, featured in The Big Lebowski, are making a comeback

Dec 3, 08 4:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Once derided by cocktail enthusiasts as more of a milkshake than anything else, the White Russian is becoming a signature drink among hipsters, writes Steven Kurutz in the New York Times. For this, we can thank the 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski. The drink—a mixture of vodka,... More »

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alcohol • vodka • cocktails • movies • The Big Lebowski

 Lift a Glass to 
 Birthday Girl 
 Bloody Mary 

Weekend-morning pick-me-up turns 75 today

Dec 1, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Seventy-five years ago today, a bartender at the St. Regis Hotel in New York added Tabasco sauce to a hair-curling tomato-juice-based cocktail known as the Red Snapper, and a classic was born. Fernand Petiot gets credit for inventing the Bloody Mary, but did he? Epicurious investigates the origins of the... More »

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vodka • Bloody Mary • Fernand Petiot • St. Regis Hotel • George Jessel

  Pernod Spirits High
  After $8.3B Absolut Buy 

French company pays $8.3B for premium vodka brand

Mar 31, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - French liquor giant Pernod Ricard's spirits were soaring after its $8.34 billion bid won it ownership of Sweden's state-owned Vin & Spirit, the parent company of Absolut vodka. Pernod topped US-based Fortune Brands in an auction for the purchase, the Wall Street Journal reports, and is now the... More »

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acquisition • Sweden • vodka • Absolut • Pernod Ricard • Vin & Spirit • liquor industry • Bacardi

 Docs Not Toasting 
 Ladies' Vodka 

Russian spirit targets rich women, prompts alcoholism fears
  

Mar 20, 08 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A made-for-women vodka touted as the perfect salad accompaniment has sobered Russian doctors, who fear high-end spirits like "Ladies" will only worsen already-high rates of alcoholism, Reuters reports. Estimates peg 10 percent of Russia's 142 million citizens as alcoholics, and the chief of one rehab center says 60% of... More »

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Russia • women • alcoholism • drinking • luxury goods • vodka • Ladies' Vodka

Not Your Parents' Russian Vodka

Premium imports, in fancy bottles, begin to arrive on US shores

Feb 25, 08 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - If a shot of Georgi isn’t your style, Russian vodka makers are rushing to sell a new wave of premium bottles, the Los Angeles Times reports. Vodkas from France, Finland, and the US have gained popularity stateside over the past few years, but buyers couldn't find anything Russian... More »

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Russia • alcohol • France • marketing • Los Angeles • drinking • luxury goods • Finland • vodka • liquor • snack foods

Absolut Cans Bottle Ads, Sees Sales Soar

Iconic campaign dumped after high-end vodkas steal brand's thunder

Feb 19, 08 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Absolut is selling a lot more vodka now that it's dumped one of the world's best-known ad campaigns, Advertising Age reports. The Swedish brand and its arty ads featuring the iconic bottle had been a big hit since entering the US market in 1979, but sales were flat before the... More »

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advertising • alcohol • marketing • vodka • Absolut • liquor

Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

Brothers deny throwing things, may face misdemeanor charges

Jan 18, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the two brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo told the father of the teen who died that all three had yelled and waved at the animal before the mauling, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The investigation had been inactive, but new police... More »

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marijuana • misdemeanor • vodka • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • taunting

Britney Downed Toxic Cocktail Pre-Meltdown

Purple Monsters, Vicodin, Ritalin, Zantac, sleeping pills, oh my!

Jan 7, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Oops, she popped pills again—and again, and again, reports the New York Post, describing the cocktail of 100 prescription pills pop spectacle Britney Spears washed down with a "Purple Monster" (a mix of vodka, Nyquil, and Red Bull) in the 36 hours leading up to her flip-out. Even... More »

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Britney Spears • prescription drugs • vodka • meltdown • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Purple Monster • Sean Preston Federline • Jayden James Federline • Dr Phil

Toasting the Holidays, the Green Way

Sales of organic spirits, beers, wines on the rise despite high prices

Dec 20, 07 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - This holiday season, you can drink responsibly, at least when it comes to the environment. Organic spirits, beers, and wines are the new growth sector of the industry, as consumers are increasingly on the look-out for green alternatives, MSNBC reports. But while an organic pint may not contain chemical preservatives... More »

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alcohol • beer • organic • vodka • tequila • green business

Putin Party Election Strategy: Vodka for Votes

Booze & backpacks among lures for  Russian voters

Nov 1, 07 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Free bottles of vodka are among the gifts Russia's ruling party is using to lure voters in upcoming elections, reports Agence France Presse. President Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, has also stamped its logo on backpacks and lids for the jam jars many Russians fill to get through the winter. More »

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Vladimir Putin • bribe • vodka • election monitors • Russian elections

Vodka Was the Best Medicine

Aussie docs save tourist's life with alcohol drip

Oct 11, 07 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors have long recommended a glass of red wine for a healthy heart; but vodka apparently can also do a body good. After running out of medicinal alcohol, doctors in an Australian hospital set up a vodka drip as an antidote to save the life of a poisoned Italian tourist,... More »

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health care • health • Australia • alcohol • hospitals • vodka

An Absolut Blockbuster

Maker of top-selling Smirnoff eyes second-place Swedish brand

Sep 20, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - British beverage conglomerate Diageo, maker of best-selling vodka Smirnoff, is “very interested” in acquiring Sweden’s Absolut, the world’s second-largest vodka. Diageo says it isn’t worried about anti-trust problems, although its CEO tells Reuters “complexity will vary from market to market.” One easy market would... More »

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alcohol • Sweden • Britain • Smirnoff • Vin and Sprit • Diageo • vodka • Absolut

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