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Victor George Vodka Hosts National Launch Event in Miami Beach

To celebrate its national launch during Black History Month in February, Victor George Vodka recently held a celebratory launch party at Black-owned restaurant Bar One in Miami Beach, owned by Real Housewives of Atlanta star Peter Thomas. Celebrities on hand to mark the occasion with Victor George Vodka founder Victor Harvey Sr. were current and former professional athletes, including Jaylen Waddle, Pat Surtain Jr., Pat Surtain Sr., Jalen Hurts, Tyson Campbell, Raekwon Davis and Reggae superstar Honorebel.

“It was very exciting to see the overwhelming support for our brand and what we are doing,” Harvey says, one of the first African American vodka owners in the U.S. “We are creating a culture across the country demonstrating how far we can go when we support one another not just as a Black owned movement, but an American movement. This is the American Dream.”

The award-winning Victor George Vodka “VG” was launched in 2019 in South Florida and is now distributed in 45 states across the United States. VG Vodka utilizes a patented finishing process to ensure an extra smooth taste. VG Vodka is available at most major retailers nationwide, including Albertsons, Kroger, Trader Joe’s and more. Additional launch events are scheduled in Atlanta, California and Chicago, beginning with Columbus, Ohio, Harvey’s hometown, on March 18.

In addition to the Victor George Vodka brand, Victor George Spirits plans to build a 15,000 square foot facility to house a distillery, restaurant, cigar bar, whiskey lounge, co-working space and a rooftop bar and lounge located on historic Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Victor George Spirits also purchased the majority equity stake in Palm Beach Distillery (PBD), located in West Palm Beach. Palm Beach Distillery currently produces vodka, rum, gin and will begin making several Victor George Spirits products, including a rye whiskey Pullman Porters 1867 and a bourbon Fort Mose’. Pullman Porters 1867, a six-year aged rye whiskey, named after formerly enslaved people that became the highest-paid Black people of the 1860s. Fort Mose’ is a bourbon named after the first American city that Black people could live free and is located just outside St Augustine, Florida. These two new brands will be released by Victor George Spirits this month. 

For more information on Victor George Vodka, please visit http://victorgeorgevodka.com.

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.