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 | | POTATO MEETS BLUEBERRY. | | | PR Newswire | | 06/08/2008 | | | FREEPORT, Maine, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Giving a whole new meaning to "wild blueberries," a uniquely Maine spirit hits the shelves with the launch of Cold River Blueberry Flavored Vodka.
Maine Distilleries and Wyman's have partnered to bring Maine's two most important agricultural products together for the first time ever in one bottle: Maine potato vodka flavored with 100% wild Maine blueberries. It's currently the world's only gluten-free flavored vodka. Maine Distilleries is the State's premier craft distillery, and Wyman's is the leading US grower, packer and marketer of wild blueberries.
"Wild blueberries are so closely linked with the identity of Maine that it made our first flavored product not only an obvious choice, but a perfect one," said Bob Harkins, Partner at Maine Distilleries. "The delicately balanced flavor of this fruit is the ultimate complement to our award-winning potato vodka."
"Our partnership with Wyman's is a natural one," adds Partner Chris Dowe, "and it fits our mission to produce only the Best of Maine... Distilled."
Cold River Vodka recently won a double gold medal at the 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and was named Best American Vodka of 2008 by F. Paul Pacult in his new book, Kindred Spirits 2. It is one of the few vodkas in the world made from potatoes and the only one made exclusively from Maine potatoes and water from an aquifer fed by Maine's Cold River.
Cold River Vodka is available in all New England States, Maryland, Washington D.C., Delaware, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, London, and British Columbia. Maine Distilleries was founded in 2005 by four Maine entrepreneurs: Donnie Thibodeau, who owns a potato farm in Fryeburg; his brother, Lee Thibodeau, a neurosurgeon in Portland; Bob Harkins, former Sunday River ski executive from Paris; and Chris Dowe, distiller, from New Gloucester.
Cold River Blueberry Flavored Vodka will be produced in limited quantities and offered for sale at retailers and in fine restaurants in August to celebrate Maine's wild blueberry harvest.
The distillery is located about two miles south of L.L. Bean in Freeport and is open to the public for tours. Each handcrafted batch is numbered and bears the signature of Chris Dowe, Head Distiller.
For more information, go to http://www.coldrivervodka.com or call 207-865-4828.
SOURCE Maine Distilleries, LLC | |
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