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Americans warm to vodka | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle – Mar 3, 2008
This could keep going for a while because there are about 300 vodka distilleries in Russia. The collapse of the Soviet government and its monopoly on distilling is perhaps the ultimate reason for this surge. Add to that the recent American craze for premium vodkas from all sorts of places — France (Grey Goose) Scandinavia (Finlandia) even Alameda Calif. Why not go to the source?Another important reason for the boom in Russian imports has to be that more Americans are looking at vodka the Russian way — not as a mixer but as something to take neat freezer-cold with snacks or zakuski. Drinking vodka this way can reveal subtle fascinating distinctions between brands. Such is the mystique of Russian vodka.
Helsinki: a cruiser’s guide
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 3, 2008
Mannerheimintie is the main thoroughfare and home of the remarkable Temppeliaukioa Church – more simply known as the Rock Church thanks to being hewn out of solid rock. The waterside bustle and colour of Kauppatori Market Square – usually just called the Market Square – lies at the end of another of the city’s major roads Esplanadi. The Finlandia Hall masterminded by Finnish design legend Alvar Aalto celebrates the country’s musical heritage most notably composer Jean Sibelius who is also remembered with a striking monument on the edge of the city. About a mile and a half from the centre the lympic Stadium was built in the 1930s to stage the 1940 Games though these were eventually cancelled due to the Second World War. It did however eventually host the 1952 Games. Make time too to see the main railway station designed by Eliel Saarinen whose gothic grandeur inspired set designers creating Gotham City for the first Batman film. Like other Baltic ports Helsinki has become an increasingly popular cruise destination in recent years.
US: Slowing SoCo tempers Brown-Forman FY forecast
just-drinks.com (subscription) – Mar 3, 2008
Net income meanwhile increased by 10% to $116m. The company credited the addition of profits from the Casa Herradura. Partially offsetting these gains however were softness for.
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