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- BUSINESS, Page 54Business NotesLIQUOR ADVERTISINGA Matter of Tastelessness
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- For vodka sippers who like to think they can discern the
- differences among brands, the ad slogan for Smirnoff might be an
- attractive come-on: "So superior you can taste it." But the $10
- million campaign has not gone down so smoothly with the Bureau
- of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Last week the agency said the
- slogan does not conform to rules that prohibit distillers from
- claiming special qualities for spirits they sell as vodka. The
- agency defines vodka as "without distinctive character, aroma,
- taste or color."
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- Heublein, which manufactures Smirnoff in Connecticut, hopes
- to persuade the Government that its slogan is within the law.
- The Smirnoff brand remains the best-selling vodka in the U.S.
- market, but it faces growing competition from such trendy
- brands as Sweden's Absolut and the Soviet Union's Stolichnaya.
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