A single vodka won a platinum medal, and three vodkas gold medals at the 2023 Las Vegas Global Spirit Awards. Not surprisingly, the winners were all craft distillers.
This year, despite the complications brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that many NYC bars and restaurants were still shuttered in April or were operating with reduced hours and staff, there still was a total of 1,400 entrants from 34 US states and 39 foreign countries judged.