History:

Our premium products arrive from a small, family-owned distillery in the Western Wisconsin town of New Richmond, situated about 50 minutes east of downtown Minneapolis.   Using a hands on approach, every drop in every bottle of 45th Parallel Vodka is entirely produced and bottled within our facility.

Our grain is of the highest quality.  A local farmer, graced with a most superb reputation of skill, consistency and honesty, supplies our grain.  Taking much personal care in our process, we patiently ferment our mash and slowly distill in small batches to avoid unwanted flavors.   We filter carefully in an effort to retain the positive elements.  Too much filtering removes the good with the bad leaving a vacant spirit without body and flavor.

Our method embraces the natural flavors extracted from the grains; an expression of the land.  Our vodka proudly has no additives.  The result is a sweeter aroma and a clean and balanced taste; an artisan alternative to other mass produced varieties.

A marker on the side of old Highway 51 in Wisconsin, north of Wausau, south of Merrill, informs passersby they are at the 45th Parallel (half-way between the equator and the North Pole).

This latitude is immediately shared with Minneapolis-St. Paul, then South Dakota's plains, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Oregon.  To the east marks Door County Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

On the other side of the world markers are perhaps visible in France's famous Burgundy and Bordeaux wine regions, Italy's Piedmont Region, the Balkans, China, Russia, and northernmost Japan.

Our facility is located within a few miles of the 45th parallel.

It is our family's belief in hard work, commitment to strict standards of excellence, and determined focus that we will produce our 45th Parallel Vodka of unparalleled quality.