Wine Enthusiast Magazine

SPIRITS

Want to save the world? Drink vodka.

There seems to be a vodka to benefit every charitable endeavor. Want to help the environment? Look to Good Liquorworks Vodka. Care about LGBTQ+ issues? Live Proud and Supergay benefit that demographic. Animal rights, political causes, local community outreach. There’s a vodka for that.

Why vodka, and not, say gin or whiskey or rum? First of all, because vodka sells.

“Vodka is the most consumed spirit within the category,” explains Danny Lafuente, CEO/cofounder, Simple Spirits Company, which makes a potato vodka that raises funds to benefit hunger

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