04 Feb 06 Russians to Face Shortages of Vodka Due to Red Tape

Russians could suffer a shortage of their national tipple next week because a bureaucratic mix-up has brought every vodka distillery in the country to a halt.
Distillers have been waiting since Jan. 1 for tax authorities to send them new excise stamps, the anti-counterfeit stickers that by law must be attached to every bottle of vodka.
“We are selling vodka left over from last year but those stocks are getting smaller all the time,” Vera Bragina, a spokeswoman for Russia Smirnov Trading House was quoted by Reuters as saying. [.continue.]

Reading the rest of the article, it doesn’t sound as bad as the headline says.
I do wonder if this would affect the US vodka market at all.
You should always keep an extra bottle on hand just in case reserves run low.
Reminds me, I need to make a trip down to Penn-Mar.

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