Total Wine Removes Russian Alcohol Amid Ukraine Conflict

Tampa FL

28 February, 2022

5:23 PM

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FLORIDA — Total Wine & More, which has 34 locations in Florida, has removed Russian products from its shelves nationwide. The decision was made to support Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion into their country.The company made the announcement in an Instagram post and has received significant praise for the move, garnering thousands of "likes" on the post showing a photo of an empty shelf where Russian alcohol once was. In addition to companies boycotting Russian products, the governors of both Utah and New Hampshire have ordered Russian-branded and Russian-made vodka to be pulled from the shelves in government-run liquor stores and the Ohio governor wants to halt the sales of all vodka made by Russian Standard, a Russian-owned maker that sells its liquor under two names in the state, Russian Standard and Green Mark. Showing their support for Ukraine as well, individual bar owners have begun boycotting popular brands of Russian vodka including Ustianochka, Jewel of Russia vodkas, Beluga Gold Line, Beluga Transatlantic Racing Russian and Beluga Allure vodkas, Zyr vodka, Husky vodka, Polugar Classic Rye vodka, Mamont Siberian vodka, Hammer + Sickle vodka, Nemiroff, Nemiroff Wheat, Nemiroff Honey Pepper and Nemiroff Cranberry vodkas, Imperia vodka, Ivanbiitch Cherry, Red Berry and Peach vodkas and Karkov Citrone vodka. Some bar owners are mistakenly pouring out their stores of Stolichnaya and Smirnoff, although neither is made in Russia. Nearly all Stoli is made in Latvia, the former Soviet Republic, and Smirnoff is owned by Diageo beverage company in London. For vodka drinkers wanting to support Ukraine, Khor vodka, is made at Ukraine's Khortytsa Distillery, and Vektor vodka, is made at the Rodnik Distillery, the oldest continually operating distillery on the eastern banks of the Volga River in Ukraine. Correction: NEFT vodka was incorrectly included on WikiliQ.org's Best Russian Vodkas website. NEFT's director of communications, Bonnie McBride, said NEFT is distilled and packaged in Austria and, as noted on NEFT's unique packaging, all its ingredients are from Austria and Germany including its Alps spring water and Old-World ancient rye grains. "The owner's wife is, in fact, Ukrainian, and everyone is devastated by this development," McBride said. So, vodka drinkers can also add NEFT to their list of pro-Ukraine vodkas. View this profile on Instagram Total Wine & More (@totalwine) • Instagram photos and videos Total Wine locations pulling Russia vodka from their shelves include: Tampa1720 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa Brandon11211 Causeway Blvd., Brandon Wesley Chapel (Tampa)25535 Sierra Center Blvd.,Lutz Clearwater2528 State Road 580, Clearwater St. Petersburg4880 Park St. N, St Petersburg Lady Lake641 N. Highway 27-441, Lady Lake Altamonte Springs160 E Altamonte Drive, Altamonte Springs Orlando (Colonial Plaza)2712 East Colonial Drive, Orlando Orlando (Millenia Plaza)4625 Millenia Plaza Way, Orlando Gainesville (Florida)3965 Plaza Blvd Suite 10, Gainesville, FL Daytona Beach2500 W International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach University Park (Sarasota)8539 Cooper Creek Blvd., University Park South Sarasota8280 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota Melbourne (Viera)2302 Harnett Drive, Melbourne Port Charlotte19400 Cochran Blvd Suite 160, Port Charlotte Jacksonville4413 Town Center Parkway 300, Jacksonville Fort Myers13711 S. Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers Estero8012 Mediterranean Drive Suite 101, Estero Stuart (Jensen Beach)2550 NW Federal Highway, Stuart Naples5048 Airport Pulling Road, Naples Palm Beach Gardens11221 Legacy Ave., Palm Beach Gardens Wellington960 S State Road 7, Village of Wellington Boynton Beach850 N Congress Ave., Boynton Beach Boca Raton5050 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton Coral Springs2564 N University Drive, Coral Springs Plantation801 S. University Drive, Suite G100, Plantation Fort Lauderdale1906 Cordova Road, Fort Lauderdale North Miami14750 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami Aventura19925 Biscayne Blvd., Miami Pembroke Pines15980 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines Fort Lauderdale1906 Cordova Road, Fort Lauderdale Doral1635 NW 107th Ave., Doral Kendall11960 Mills Drive, Miami Miami (Pinecrest)8851 SW 136th St., Miami