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Wodka Gorbatschow is a German vodka brand. It has been produced in Berlin since 1921. Since 1960, it is owned by the Söhnlein Rheingold AG, a part of the Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG, which is owned by Dr. Oetker since 1996.

Wodka Gorbatschow

Type	Vodka
Manufacturer	Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG
Country of origin	Berlin, Germany
Introduced	1921
Alcohol by volume	37.5% (standard bottle)
Proof (US)	80
Related products	List of vodkas
Website	Official website

History

Lev Leontyevitch Gorbachev was the operator of a vodka distillery in St. Petersburg, Russia.[1] During the October Revolution, Gorbachev left his homeland along with his family for Berlin, where he started to produce vodka on April 28, 1921.[2] The brand name, the onion-domed bottle and the blue label were registered by the L. Gorbatschow & Co. as a trademark in 1923.

In 1938, Gorbatschow Liköre J. Kramer & Co. was aryanized as a Jewish company and taken over by pharmacist Otto Ludwig Heinen, who became a member of the Waffen-SS in 1939. Due to various charges, Heinen was sent to SS-Totenkopfverbände and classified as exonerated during denazification in 1946.[3]

Arthur Barth, who had entered the company Gorbatschow-Liköre Dr. Heinen & Co. before the end of the war, became director after Heinen moved back to his hometown Munich. In 1960, the company Gorbatschow-Wodka Arthur Barth was acquired by the Söhnlein Rheingold KG corporate to become marketed nationwide.

Since 1975, the brand's slogan is Des Wodkas reine Seele (English: The pure soul of vodka), alluding to the cliché of the Russian soul. The campaign was launched after Soviet vodka brands had successfully entered the West-German market.[4]

Products

There are different types and bottling sizes of Wodka Gorbatschow. The most common is the 0.7-liter bottle with blue label and 37.5% abv.

Variant	Label	ABV	Launch year	Filling size	Remarks
Wodka Gorbatschow	Blue	37,5 %		1 l; 0,7 l; 0,2 l; 0,1 l; 40 ml Miniatur; 3 l Magnum
Wodka Gorbatschow 40%	Blue	40%		1l	Only for export
Wodka Gorbatschow 50%	Black	50%		1 l; 0,7 l	Intended only for the gastronomy
Wodka Gorbatschow 60%	Red	60%		1 l	Only for export
Wodka Platinum 44	Blue	44%	2003	0,7 l; 3 l Magnum	Different production method & bottle shape
Wodka Gorbatschow Citron	Yellow	37,5 %	2008	0,7 l	Slightly flavored with lemon
Gorbatschow & Lemon		10%	2010	0,33 l can	Mixed drink in the style lemon vodka
Gorbatschow & Orange		10%	2014	0,33 l can	Mixed drink in the style orange vodka
Gorbatschow & Maracuja		10%	2016	0,33 l can	Mixed drink in the style maracuja vodka

References

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