Notes: This vodka is produced in St. Petersburg , one of the premier cities of Russia and home to many famous museums such as the Hermitage. Based on a recipe from 1894 they use hard winter wheat wheat and water drawn from Lake Ladoga(about 40 miles away) one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world and the source for … Old St. Pete Artisanal Vodka *Packaging may vary. Vodka / Florida, United States. It was founded by Zbigniew Kozuba and his sons Matthias and Jacob, a family that learned its distilling traditions in Poland. A well-balanced & rich nose of light vanilla sweetness with subtle notes of rye bread & black pepper. Produced and bottled in St. Petersburg, this vodka has been around since 1894. Better quality for less money than Avian Fashion Victim Vodka. St. Petersburg Distillery was founded in 2014 in St. Petersburg, Florida using small batch distillation familiar to those who use copper pot stills. Assistant Distiller Austin was an excellent guide to Kozuba's history and product line, which is impressive. That is when the famous Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev — yes, the one who developed the periodic table of elements — was commissioned by the Tsar to craft the royal standard for vodka. And so was born Russian Standard Vodka. Located in a small but well-designed space in South St. Pete, they offer free tastings of their straight vodkas, flavored vodkas, whiskeys and cordials. Old St. Pete Artisanal Vodka.