Luksusowa is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 brand

Brand

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 of vodka

Vodka

Vodka , is a distilled beverage. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits....

 distilled from potato

Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...

es.The fact that it is distilled from potatoes makes it unusual in the contemporary vodka market, which is dominated by grain spirits. Wódka Luksusowa is also available in 50% ethanol

Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...

 version "Luksusowa black". Also in flavoured variety Luksusowa lemon etc.

In 2010, W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. became the exclusive U.S. importer for Luksusowa Vodka, selling and marketing the award-winning potato-based Vodka from Poland to distributors throughout the U.S. market.
Wódka Luksusowa (Polish

Polish language

Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

 for Luxury Vodka) is one of the oldest Polish vodkas in continuous production, being first sold in 1928. When Polish territory expanded westwards after World War II

World War II

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, the production of Luksusowa was moved to its current site in Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra

Zielona Góra is a city in Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland, with 117,557 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including three neighbouring counties ....

. According to the producer, Luksusowa has approximately 10% share in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

's vodka market. It comes in different bottles, depending on the country.

External links

• W.J. Deutsch & Sons Ltd. website http://www.wjdeutsch.com
• Pernot Richard website http://www.pernod-ricard.com/en