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Roust sweeps board with medals for Russian Standard and Żubrówka at Vodka Masters 2021

Roust sweeps board with medals for Russian Standard and Żubrówka at Vodka Masters 2021

Roust, the world's number two vodka producer, excelled at The Vodka Masters 2021 with a clean sweep of impressive Gold medals across its portfolio, including the ultimate accolade, the Master award, for Żubrówka Bison Grass. By winning more Gold medals for the third consecutive year, Roust remains undefeated as one of the most awarded vodka producers.

Adding to their prolific collection of Gold wins at internationally acclaimed industry competitions, Russian Standard Original, Russian Standard Platinum and Żubrówka Biala received outstanding Gold Medal wins reflecting their superior taste and premium quality.


Żubrówka Bison Grass landed the highest accolade, the Master medal. Every bottle contains a single blade of rare, handpicked bison grass, creating a truly distinctive taste with underlying herbaceous and vanilla tones.

The most competitive year to date, entries for The Vodka Masters 2021 were up by 70 per cent with 133 entries from 63 different companies around the world. After an already successful year in global tasting competitions (with Gold and Silver medals won at The International Wine and Spirits Competition and The International Spirits Challenge), Roust’s new award wins maintain it in a leading position within the industry.

Russian Standard Vodka is the world’s No. 1 premium Russian vodka (IMPACT, 2021) with global sales of over 3.7M cases. Russian Standard Vodka is uses water of glacial origin from Lake Ladoga and winter wheat from the Russian Steppes and is distilled over 200 times in a state-of-the-art distillery in St Petersburg.

Żubrówka, Poland’s most iconic vodka, is the world’s 2nd largest global vodka brand, available in more than 80 markets worldwide.

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RESULTS

Russian Standard Original - GOLD

Russian Standard Platinum - GOLD

Russian Standard Gold - SILVER

Żubrówka Bison Grass - MASTER

Żubrówka Biala - GOLD

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