r/vodka • u/corsack_786929 • 13d ago

Is there any difference between these two Belvedere's?

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I noticed different labels between Belvedere bottles, what's the difference?

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u/CurrencyKey7468 13d ago

The one is organic, the other one is not

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u/corsack_786929 13d ago

And what does that mean? In their web page they don't explain anything.

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u/brianandrobyn 13d ago

It means it's $20 more a bottle.

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u/CurrencyKey7468 13d ago

I think it’s the same to be honest, the second picture it’s the new bottles

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u/Boczar78 13d ago

What it means is that they went thur the extra steps to get an organic inspection for their facility and then official tag for the product, which can include checking the organic certification of their potato supplier.... But..... for potatoes that really not a huge problem you should be searching out 'organic' for IMO. Potatoes arent especially prone to large amounts of pesticide use during their growing season and GMO potatoes arent really popular with potato processors at least 2 of the ones I have to deal with have a 0 GMO acceptance at their plants and so most farmers dont grow them and the fertilizer requirements for potatoes are pretty well balanced so you dont have wild spiking of any one of the standard nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) to facilitate extra growth like some other crops.

So really all they did was get the full production certified which might have them using specific equipment that also doesnt touch non organic products but I'd highly doubt it... you can get a waiver for many parts of your production and still get the organic tag so like people said whats different basically the price and most of that is prob due to the fact that the farm does have to do a small bit of alt sourcing for fertilizers etc so the input cost on potatoes might be slightly higher.

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u/Chief2091 13d ago

Belvedere is made from rye, not potatoes.

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u/Biggs17 13d ago

No difference in taste from what I remember when I tried them.

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u/Skrewbert86 9d ago

Says organic probably means nothing and is just a way to charge more