SKYY Debuts Pineapple Infused Vodka

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4-16-2009 @ 6:14PM

C.S. said...

BlogHog, it is indeed a great idea, and there is indeed a market . . . for precisely the reason PT Barnum gave.

And as for your snide remarks about wine, I can emphatically say that -- by and large but certainly not in every case -- the wine equivalent of Skyy (say, a premium zinfandel or a Gigondas) is markedly and noticably better than the wine equivalent of Popov (say, Gallo Hearty Burgundy). Whereas Skyy and Popov are virtually indistinguishable from one another, even by those who regularly buy your Grey Gooses and your Belvederes. . . because the entire point of vodka is to produce a tasteless alcoholic beverage, whereas the point of a good wine is to bring more flavor.

And I have indeed drunk a few box wines in my day. As the Australians continue to put more and more high-end product in bag-boxes -- and as the rest of the world follows suit -- I'll probably drink quite a few more in the future. I try not to let my drinking habits define my place on any social scale.

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