Smirnoff rated best vodka in blind tasting

[smudgex68]

Herald Tribune, Smirnoff beat all the other brands hands down in a blind tasting by NY "drinks" experts.

[BusterStacks]

That's unfortunate. Crater Lake is the best vodka on earth.

[smudgex68]

The power of marketing.

[InchoateHand]

Show's you how derivative the Herald Tribue is since the Times took over---this was a times article four days ago. And the "experts" were far from it.

[smudgex68]

Right, whenever I'm in NY it's always vodka martini, and then 10 minutes with everyone deciding which vodka they want in their martini - it's a joke. They're all suckers.

[chrisdhal]

Damn right they're suckers if they don't have a martini with gin.

[peachy]

Im partial to Grey Goose mahself

[InchoateHand]

And you are the winner!

I'm [censored] sick of this "vodka" martini [censored]. Get a better name. When I say martini, I expected gin with a splash of vermouth. Give me my [censored] juniper.

[BottlesOf]

This was in the New York Times last week. Front page of the "Dining Out" section.

[InchoateHand]

This was in the second response to this thread, though admittedly expressed far less lucidly.