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CATEGORY REPORT Voli Light Raspberry Cocoa Infusion Skinny drinks are in! Fueling the trend is the Voli range of low-cal lavored vodkas, including delicious Voli Light Raspberry Cocoa Infusion, a brilliant spirit loaded with taste, not empty calories. Distilled in France from wheat and spring water, Voli Infusions have a third fewer calories than comparable spirits���78 to 80 calories per 1.5 ounces. Voli Light Raspberry Cocoa has a light, silky body and a fetching semi-sweet nose. Its moderate 30% alcohol content is immediately apparent on the soft, cool entry, while focused chocolate/raspberry lavor lingers on the palate. ���Consumers today expect choices, states Voli ��� CEO Adam Kamenstein , ���but not at the expense of exceptional quality. Voli���s unique and natural lavors, using the world���s inest ingredients, but containing fewer calories, give the consumer everything they expect and more. ��� The range features Voli Original and four other infusions: Voli Light Orange Vanilla, Voli Light Espresso Vanilla, Voli Light Lemon and Voli Light Mango Coconut. Voli Spirits Hangar One Fraser River Raspberry This limited-release seasonal offering is produced each June from Washington State raspberries. The freshly picked berries are macerated in vodka, after which it is redistilled in the alembic still. Before bottling, raspberry juice is added for complexity and a touch of natural sweetness and color. The vodka has the focused aromas of sun-drenched raspberries warming on the vine. Its palate is a lavish array of longlasting, delightfully dry, true-to-fruit lavor. Hangar One���s raspberry gem is a backbar tour-de-force. Proximo Spirits High Spirits Prickly Pear Flagstaff���s Arizona High Spirits Distillery sits at the base of the San Francisco Peaks at nearly 7 ,000 feet elevation. The irst licensed distillery in the state is garnering critical acclaim for its Prickly Pear Flavored Vodka. Produced in a custom-made pot still from locally harvested prickly pear fruit, the small batch vodka has a warm, engaging personality with a thoroughly delicious, yet completely unfamiliar, fresh fruit lavor. How cactus can bear such delectable offspring though is a head-scratcher. High Spirits Distillers 128 / the tasting panel / december 2012