A Toast to Empowerment: Saving the Birthplace of Vodka

"Vodka, for Ukrainians, is a connector," says Zirkova co-founder and CEO Katherine Vellinga. "We treat it with reverence and respect." 

In 1997, Vellinga and her husband John moved to Ukraine and came across the origins of vodka. The "X" on the map where vodka first began. She recalls feeling like an adventurer, searching for long-lost treasures, pulling up manuscripts, and speaking to industry experts, many of whom were women...

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