Vodka Voyage: Eight Countries, One Spirit at Aria in April
China World Hotel’s Aria is lining up an international team of vodkas in April to drink straight up or in cocktails. The “vodka voyage” will touch down not only in Europe, including Sweden, Russia, Finland, France, Denmark and Poland, but also in New Zealand and the United States, with the vodkas including Grey Goose, Finlandia, Smirnoff, 42 Below, Ketel One, Stoli, Danska and Absolut. Bring your wallet: cocktails start at 85 kuai and a flight of four vodka shots of your choice is 250 kuai (for reservations, call Aria at 6505-2266, extension 36 or email danny.kane@shangri-la.com).
Note: I met Martin Newell, of New Zealand’s 42 Below vodka, at Q Bar last Friday and we did a quick interview that covered everything from Chinese consumers’ knowledge of spirits to the history of mammals in his homeland (did you know only bats lived there until as recently as one thousand years ago!?). That interview will be online within a week.
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