Review: Grey Goose La Vanille Vodka
Grey Goose La Vanille Vodka was just released for a limited time. Originally launched in 2003 La Vanille was the third flavored vodka Grey Goose introduced. La Vanille was discontinued in 2007. Demand for premium vanilla flavored spirits has grown 40% year over year. No doubt helped by sales of Crown Royal Vanilla, Jim Beam Vanilla, and Ciroc Vanilla Vodka. Cellar Master Francois Thibault was inspired by the original recipe. Does that mean this is not the same recipe as the original Grey Goose La Vanille Vodka? I don’t know. I do know it is crafted from the original Grey Goose Vodka base made from soft winter wheat grown on farms in Picardy, Northern France. The spirit is distilled once using a five column distillation process. Pristine Gensac La Pallue spring water naturally filtered through Champaign limestone in the Cognac region of France is blended with the spirit. The vodka is then filtered through cellulose and carbon. Natural vanilla flavors sourced from vanilla beans harvested in Madagascar are infused with the vodka. No sugar is added. Read more 
Review: Ciroc French Vanilla
Ciroc French Vanilla Vodka was just released. This is Ciroc’s eighth flavored vodka. Since 2007 Sean Diddy Combs has handled marketing and promotion of the Ciroc brand. In February, DJ Khaled and French Montana became Brand Ambassadors of Ciroc Vodka. Ciroc French Vanilla is French Montana’s first Ciroc flavor release. Ciroc French Vanilla is made with vodka distilled five times from fine French grapes in the Charente-Maritime Region of France. The spirit is infused with natural flavors, and a distinctive blend of vanilla flavors from multiple sources including Madagascar vanilla. Read more
Review: Heritage Vanilla Vodka
Heritage Vanilla Vodka is one of 22 naturally flavored vodkas released October 31 2014 by Heritage Distilling Company when they opened their waterfront location in downtown Gig Harbor Washington. While most craft distilleries are satisfied creating 1-4 spirits, a quick glance at the Heritage website shows the nearly 40 spirits they have created since their distillery first opened 4 years ago. Heritage Vanilla is small batch distilled from wine grapes. Natural flavors are blended with the vodka base before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Triple Eight Vanilla Vodka
Triple Eight Vanilla Vodka is crafted on the island of Nantucket located 30 miles south of Cape Cod Massachusetts. The vodka base is made from organic wheat grown in Italy and it is triple distilled in a pot still. Pure soft water drawn from well #888 is blended to reduce to proof. Real vanilla beans from both New Guinea and Madagascar are infused with the vodka with one very large vanilla bean included with each bottle. Read more
Review: Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka
Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is one of two seasonal vodkas crafted at the Middle West Distillery in Columbus Ohio at a former auto service garage. The other flavor is Stone Fruit. Both are made from a vodka base made from 100% soft red winter wheat, sourced from farms within an 80 mile radius of the distillery. The wheat is milled down, and the bran is removed at one local mill to ensure consistency. Water, yeast, and the wheat grain is warmed and fermented for 4 days. It is distilled in a custom built German Kothe combination pot and double column still. The vodka base is infused with local wildflower honey, and fair trade vanilla beans from Uganda. Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is then hand bottled, corked, and dipped in wax. Brady Konya and Ryan Lang founded Middle West Spirits in 2008 and opened for production in 2008. OYO, pronounced O why O, is named for the state it is produced in. Read more
Review: Five Wives Heavenly Vodka
Five Wives Heavenly Vodka was introduced October 2013 with their Sinful, Cinnamon flavored vodka. It is made in Ogden Utah with 100% corn and Wasatch Mountain Spring water gathered five gallons at a time. Imitation vanilla custard flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Ogden’s Own distillery is located near a transcontinental rail stop at the infamous two-bit street. “Any man’s desire fulfilled for two-bits.” A man could gamble, drink bootleg liquor, smoke opium, or befall a worse fate. Read more
Review: Pearl Vanilla Bean Vodka
Pearl Vanilla Bean Vodka is one of three flavored vodka’s Pearl introduced June 2015. They currently create 18 flavored vodkas. It is crafted in small batches with pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams and soft Canadian winter wheat. The vodka is distilled five times and filtered six times before natural and artificial flavors are infused. Read more
Review: Cariel Vanilla Vodka
Cariel Vanilla vodka was the first vanilla flavored vodka when it was introduced in 2000, after five years of development. It is created through batch blending in which small batches of distilled Swedish Barley are blended with a distillate from Swedish Winter Wheat and pure spring water. It is triple distilled and then infused with creamy vanilla from vanilla orchids found in South West India and floral vanilla from Madagascar. Read more
Review: Stoli Vanil Vodka
Stoli Vanil vodka was introduced in 1996. It was the worlds first vanilla flavored vodka and it is one of 17 vodka flavors currently created by Stoli in Latvia with wheat and pure artisian well water. It is triple distilled and filtered four times before natural Madagascan and Indonesian vanilla bean flavor is added. Read more
Review: Three Olives Vanilla Vodka
Three Olives Vanilla vodka was introduced January 2003. It is one of 27 vodka flavors Three-O creates in England with vodka made from English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales that is quadruple distilled and triple filtered through charcoal. Natural flavors are added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 35% alcohol. Three-O Vanilla vodka was one of the first vanilla flavored vodka’s on the market but with over twenty vanilla flavored vodka’s to choose from and new competition from cake and whipped cream flavored vodka’s the competition has intensified. Read more