Root beer float-flavored vodka, 30% ABV. [citation needed], Learn how and when to remove this template message, Diageo North America :: SMIRNOFF(R) Vodka is the World's #1-Selling Premium Distilled Spirit, "Smirnoff White Whiskey -- No Smell, No Taste", "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Russian Court Blocks a Use of Smirnoff Name". [1] It is now distributed in 130 countries[citation needed] and produced in several countries including Argentina, Albania, Brazil, Honduras, India,[2] Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mongolia, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States[citation needed]. In 2010, Smirnoff introduced the Cocktail Range. However, the business in America was not as successful as Kunett had hoped. His brand was reportedly a Tsar favorite. Americans were traditionally whiskey drinkers unfamiliar with vodka and so sales were very slow. [6] Grand Metropolitan merged with Guinness to form Diageo in 1997. Smirnoff Source, a lightly carbonated beer-alternative, was released in May 2007. Some of these numbers are: The basic Smirnoff vodka – number 21 – has performed well at spirit ratings competitions. Pyotr Arsenjevitch Smirnov (9 January 1831-29 November 1898) founded his vodka distillery in Moscow in 1864 under the trading name of PA Smirnov, pioneering charcoal filtration in the 1870s, and becoming the first to utilize newspaper advertising along with charitable contributions to the clergy to stifle anti-vodka sermons, capturing two-thirds of the Moscow market by 1886. Court document (PDF). The US-made variety of Smirnoff vodka was especially popular. [13] Tuscan Lemonade and Savannah Tea were later added. Smirnoff No. RJR Nabisco sold the division to Grand Metropolitan in 1987. (355 ml) bottles. Sign in to see the correct price in your region. The latest addition is the Smirnoff Sours vodkas, introduced in 2014. There are two different products by the name of Smirnoff Ice: one, sold in France and the United States, is a citrus-flavoured malt beverage (5.0% ABV) with variants in "Original", and "Triple Black". It was first labeled as a "table wine" rather than a vodka to avoid any conflict with Smirnoff. These are not to be confused with Smirnoff's Red-, Gold-, and Black-label vodkas. Pyotr Arsenjevitch Smirnov (9 January 1831-29 November 1898) founded his vodka distillery in Moscow in 1864 under the trading name of PA Smirnov, pioneering charcoal filtration in the 1870s, and becoming the first to utilize newspaper advertising along with charitable contributions to the clergy to stifle anti-vodka sermons, capturing two-thirds of the Moscow market by 1886. Premium Vodka Distilled at Sub-Zero Temperatures for a smoother taste. Honey-flavored vodka. In 1904, the Tsar nationalized the Russian vodka industry and Vladimir Smirnov was forced to sell his factory and brand. It comes in flavors such as Lemon, Peach, Raspberry and Green Tea. (355 ml) bottles. Heublein was a company that specialized in the import and export of liquors and foreign foods. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This does not affect your statutory rights. The entire vodka market in the Western world at that stage was 60 million cases (Source: M. Shanken Publications: "Impact" 1991) but the USSR market was believed to be over 200 million cases (Source: "Impact" 1991). 7%, 97: Smirnoff Ice Triple Filtered. This page was last edited on 17 November 2020, at 03:22. A lime-flavoured malt beverage sold in the United States, 4.5% alcohol. They then proceeded to spend their currency on Marlboro cigarettes, Levi jeans and Smirnoff vodka.