Vodka Goes Acai

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Apr 30th 2007 at 12:03PM

Have you tried acai? The acai fruit has hit the U.S. in a big way lately popping up in fruit smoothies and all sorts healthy drinks. The berry is considered a superfood. It grows atop trees in the Amazon rainforest and is very popular in Brazil. Now it gets it first vodka flavor following its fellow it fruit, the popular pomegranate. The latest flavor from the flavor-crazy Van Gogh vodka line is Acai-Blueberry. The overall flavor is blueberry with the acai following in on the finish giving it an exotic berry favor. The purple bottle is decorated with a Vincent Van Gogh-inspired depiction of a rain forest. The 70-proof vodka retails for about $25 per 750-liter bottle.

[via Avenue Vine]

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