OREANDA-NEWS. On April 04, 2008 Almaty distillery JSC (Almaty), shares of which are included into Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) category "B" official list, informed KASE on the following, reported the press-centre of KASE:

Hereby, Almaty distillery JSC, TRN 600900091288, informs on implementation on March 14, 2008 by the Republican Degustation Commission of the sprit and distillery products, where presented 22 samples of Almaty distillery JSC vodka were recognized of the excellent quality and evaluated at 9.2 - 9.6 scores according to the ten-point system. According to the conclusion No. 3г, all presented samples of vodka comply with requirements of normative documents and acts, applicable in the alcoholic sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, and are recommended for further production.

Among 22 presented samples of vodka and special vodkas, the new product of the company is vodka Defitsitnaya, the souvenir vodka Pitnitsa, semi-sweet extract Zolotoye Vremya and vodka Narkomovskaya Norma, the trade mark of which is represented by the Russian company Amega Steklo-Holding SLP by the franchise agreement, that proves successful positioning on the alcohol production market. Also, Almaty distillery JSC restarts production of vodka under the sign Pervenka, the recipe of which consists of exclusively domestic components and soft mountain water.