Absolut trials vodka and wine product through publicity campaign
Absolut Vodka is running a publicity campaign for a Sydney-only trial of its new product Absolut Tune – a combination of vodka and white wine.
The drink will be available for purchase at The Beresford, The Den at the Ivy and Hemmesphere at the Establishment until September 11 where its success will then be assessed.
Glen Brasington, marketing director at Pernod Ricard Australia, Absolut’s Australian distributor, told Mumbrella that Sydney was chosen as the only trial point worldwide because Absolut is an established vodka brand in the city.
“Australians generally are quite sophisticated and advanced in terms of being early adopters of new drinking trends. We think that Absolut Tune will be popular amongst Australian consumers,” he said.
Sounds lethal.
Image the vodka/wine hangover.
Why?
As DT said – Why?
as long as VB is challeneged by Super Dry as the beer of choice in this country, Australians will remain one of the most conservative drinkers I have ever met. But if I was trying to punt this muck I would give it the same spin as this fella.
How revolting.
Is it April fools? Vodka & wine sounds lethal and unappealing… will be interesting to see how the trial goes, there’s no accounting for taste.
Been there drunk that:
http://www.winehouse.com.au/Sh.....8;c=243759
Cloud Nine an Aussie brand did this years ago blending vodka and cabernet.
sorry but how is a vodka and wine RTD sophisticated?
pass the berroca please….
I tried this at the Beresford, loved the sparkles. Tasted great.
My 2 favourite drinks combined – YUM!
At least now I don’t need to choose between one or the other. First world problems.
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drank it. hated it.
Since when is absolut a premium vodka……………. Maybe in Australia but not many other places in the world would consider it premium. Same goes for Brancott Estate. A bottle of their Sav retails for under NZ$15. This product sounds like something we used to concoct when we were at parties when I was 16, not something I would want to pay$75 for as an adult
My bird loves this Tune stuff. Reckons it gets her heaps smashed, heaps fast.
Pepsi Samba mark 2?
@danielle_jade – since 1979, I guess you didn’t know that 🙂
My thought is, if you haven’t tasted it, you can’t judge. I like the bottle design, let’s see if this becomes a successful product or not. Cheers!