Talk:Stolichnaya/Archive 1

Stolichnaya as "unflavored vodka"
As Russian I can state it's totally untrue. Any flavored vodka in Russia will not be considered as real vodka. I'm removing this remark from the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aou (talk • contribs) 18:14, 15 June 2004


 * As someone who's best friend with a ruski and has almost managed to run his body on stoly, i can attest that calling stoly "flavored-vodka" might bring the bolshevicks back from their grave. Project2501a 12:29, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No its not true, its wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.84.101.32 (talk • contribs) 15:33, 22 June 2006

"Of the capitol"?
I'm a Russian student, and I'm not sure that "stolichnaya (столичная)" means "of the capitol". It seems more like a made-up adjective based on "Столица (stolitsa)" which means "capital". Any Russians want to help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.251.175 (talk • contribs)
 * I think this was a simple typo, of course it means "of the capital" i am changing it, the adejective is also quite real, not made up.--Hq3473 01:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I added the Russian equivalents of Stolichnaya and stolitsa (столичная и столица) — Davidleeroth 14:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Stoli Buludis
What is the Stoli Buludis variety? It's not one I've come across before and the only references I can find to it via Google all seem to be mirrors of this page. Also I belive the black label Stoli used to be called Crystal but changed it's name and is now only known as gold, this could however just be a regional variation... anyone know better? Elaverick 20:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Difference between Russian and exported Stolichnaya?
Is there a difference between these? A few years ago, I've received a bottle from a Russian friend of mine, and I could have sworn there's a small difference in taste (in favor of the Russian one). Is this just a figment of my imagination or does this hold any truth? 194.109.22.148 08:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Stolichnaya.gif
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BetacommandBot 11:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Varieties error?
Here it lists Stolichnaya 75 proof as red label and Stolichnaya 80 proof as cristall or gold. However my UK bottle of red label is 80 proof, is this an error or is it a diffrent in the US?

Most other drink sites that i can find list red label as 80 proof Adjective Noun (talk) 14:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

"Phenomic"??
The English names of the various varieties of Stolichnaya are described as "false foreign-sounding gibberish based on English-language phenomic descriptions." I'm not familiar with the word "phenomic" and am not even sure it's a real English word. I wonder if it should be "phonetic" instead. Comments? Richwales (talk) 08:15, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Costs / prices
It seems like everything is going up in the USA except for things like vodka. You can still buy a 1.75 liter bottle of stoli when it is on sale for $25 bucks. This price has been the same for at least 10 years now. Why have alcohol prices not gone up? Is it because they already have such a high profit margin? Is it because they are afraid people will stop buying it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.25.103 (talk) 06:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

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Kaliningrad and artesial water
Water used for Stolichnaya is not from Kaliningrad Region, which is former German territory enclave since 1946. It used to be taken from Volga river in Kalinin (now Tver) region and sure not of artesial origin. Export Stoli of 60-s and 70-s was produced in Kuybyshev (Samara) famous for fine Volga water, used also for beer and other beverages.

Thebiggestmac (talk) 00:31, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

First foreign product
"This exchange led to Pepsi-Cola being the first foreign product sanctioned for sale in the U.S.S.R."

It's an error, obviously. There was no first foreign product, since some foreign products were ALWAYS available.

Thebiggestmac (talk) 00:37, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * We probably could come up with at least a better source for that line. — xaosflux  Talk  05:06, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.kosherwinereport.com/2008/09/stolichnaya-sets-the-standard-vodka-production-and-ou-kosher-certification.html — xaosflux  Talk  05:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Image
I'm reverting back to the free image (POV NOTE:I took it to replace the non-free image), although the quality is not as good, it is free of copyright issues. This should be fairly easy for someone to update with a new free image, rather then replace it with non-free images. — xaosflux  Talk  04:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I have a half full bottle of an URSS made one, 20 years old. Should I take a picture and upload to Wiki? joaoeb at gmail dot com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.85.20.147 (talk) 01:46, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

its good
It is really good. probably my favourite vodka.

stoli is so damn good. everything said about its greatness is true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.139.207.100 (talk) 23:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

how do you pronounce Stolichnaya? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.13.178 (talk) 04:38, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Sta-leech-nai-yah. The stress is on the "leech" part. Столичная. Davidleeroth 14:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

compared to american/UK commercial brands, it's indeed the best commercial vodka on the market "it has zero nasty after-taste like Smirnoff". Smirnoff tastes as it's base products are of poor quality Markthemac 22:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

My Boss in my last job introduced me to Stolichnaya Needless to say I'm a big fan, thanks ex-boss —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barakeh (talk • contribs) 00:57, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Moskovskaya
there is another brand called Moskovskaya I think they are related but i don't know if there is any difference. they have the same looking label / writing on the label, except its green instead of red. and says Moskovskaya on it. the sell them in canada for the same price. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazzawi (talk • contribs) 00:56, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

It's not the same stuff but they're both distributed by SPI, I had read some where that they're both produced by Stolichnaya but the information is somewhat flakey on the English pages and I can't find a reliable source on this. Elaverick 00:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Moskovskaya is an older brand, predating Stolichnaya for 15 years or so. StanKlimoff (talk) 00:28, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Question About a New Topic For elit by Stolichnaya
Stoli's luxury brand - elit by Stolichnaya - is my client and we'd like to determine if there is a need and/or interest in having basic information about the product posted to a new Wikipedia topic. We know that this is a community with it's own standards for posted content and want to abide bv that. This community is obviously interested in Stolichnaya and and if there is interest in elit, we would like to provide information to create a new elit topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naomi relevent (talk • contribs) 17:44, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

James Bond
I understand that Stoli is James Bond's vodka of choice (in a Vodka-Martini)...perhaps some info with references on this would be good? Darkieboy236 (talk) 12:59, 10 October 2008 (UTC) It seems Stoli blue is hard to get. Even Harrod's only offers the 80 proof.

--88.153.184.109 (talk) 18:31, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Photo of Russian version
Here is a photo of the Russian version of the bottle we could use: Kendall-K1 (talk) 22:19, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Introduced in 1901?
Was Stolichnaya really introduced in 1901? If that's true, then its country of origin isn't the Soviet Union but the Russian Empire. 86.56.48.183 07:50, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that the template being used on the infobox got changed via some redirects, it is now Russia. — xaosflux  Talk  17:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)


 * If Stoli was introduced in 1901 why is this entry placed in the 1953 introductions catagory?--Weetoddid (talk) 06:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no way it could be introduced in 1901. The trademark was registered in 1938, and the actual production started several years after. I've added the relevant paragraph to the article. 1901 is the year when Moscow State Wine Warehouse #1 was open. StanKlimoff (talk) 00:28, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * So then, "Country of origin" should be "Soviet Union"92.114.148.141 (talk) 03:41, 18 August 2016 (UTC)