The SFWSC identifies the Best in Show, the highest accolade it bestows, for Best White Spirit, Best Whisky, Best Brandy and Best Liqueur. It also awards Best in Category awards across 79 different classes of spirits. Key spirit categories, like whisky or brandy, include numerous subcategories.
After some cool geographic research, Northfield importer’s Vodka wins international honors
Updated 1:31 PM;
Today 12:45 PM
Polotsk Vodka – produced in Belarus – has won a gold medal in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The brand owner and importer is Joe Zaucha of Northfield.
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NORTHFIELD, Ohio – When Joe Zaucha got into the importing business he probably never thought he would be getting a lesson in geography.
Zaucha, a Northfield wine and spirits importer, sells Polotsk Vodka from Belarus. He stumbled into it less than two years ago, was impressed, and made a bid to import it. Late last month, he learned it earned a gold medal in the Vodka category at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Results were made public about 11:30 a.m. today.