4. [A]merica has become the Swedish company's largest market
- Forty-five percent of it, in fact. Absolut's Åhus distillery cranks out half a million bottles a day just to satisfy the needs of American vodka enthusiasts.
5. There's a real geographical area called the "Vodka Belt"
- The area, which has Scandinavia at its western edge and also includes Russia and much of Eastern Europe, makes up the core of the vodka-producing world. Longstanding protectors of tradition, Vodka Belt countries only recognize spirits distilled from grain or potatoes as real vodka (sorry Diddy).
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