Ukrainian Invasion at Food & Wine Expo

Olena Wawryshyn

Multiculture Marketing, importer and distributor of Ukrainian beers, wines and vodkas, launched its Ukrainian Invasion marketing campaign at the 2005 Gourmet Food and Wine Expo in Toronto on November 17-20. 

On display were: Lvivske Premium Lager (2005 Gold medalist, Beer Competition, Toronto Wine and Cheese Show); Slavutich Premium, (Bronze medalist at the 2005 Beer Competition); the Krimsekt sparkling wines, made in an underground Crimean winery from grapes grown in Southern Ukraine; and two vodkas, Zirkova Imported and Slava Ultra Premium. Slava, a four-times distilled vodka, also had its own separate stylish booth in the Expo’s Art of the Cocktail section.

Multiculture Marketing’s Director of Operations, Katherine Koszarny; President and CEO, John Vellinga; Director of Sales, Victor Koszarny; and Stepan and Adrian Pruchnicky (pictured above) were at the show, decked out in Ukrainian gear, to emphasize that the beverages—now available in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta—are all produced in Ukraine.