SOFSKAYA FINE DISTILLED VODKA SOFSKAYA PURE VODKA LONG, LONG AGO, THE EXPLORER OF THE GREAT NORTHERN SEAS, SOFIA LEONINSKAYA, DISCLOSED HER SECRET RECIPE FOR A FINE, SMOOTH VODKA TO A SEA-FARING FRENCHMAN. SEVERAL YEARS LATER IN PARIS, SOFIA TASTED THE RESULTS OF HER RECIPE AND EXCLAIMED "ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!" AND SO THIS VODKA CAME TO BE NAMED SOFSKAYA, IN HER MEMORY AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE.