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Black Velvet
- One of the Canadian whiskies which sells most on the American market, at annual sales of more than 1,9 million 9-liter master boxes.
- Mellow, fragrant Canadian whisky with soft oiliness, preferred by bar tenders for preparing cocktails for its specific gentle taste.
It is produced by Black Velvet Distilling Company, Letbridge, Canada. In 1951 it was placed on the Canadian market for the first time. The legacy and story of Black Velvet Canadian whisky includes a fifty-year remarkable mastery and quality devotion.
To produce a unique whisky known all over the world by its velvet softness, mellowness and prime quality, Black Velvet uses only top quality grains of rye, maize and crystal Canadian waters. Originally named Black Label, later on it was renamed to Black Velvet so as to reflect its unusual velvet taste and mellowness.
Black Velvet is also known in the world for the first Black Velvet Lady who was presented in 1969 as a symbol of elegance, subtleness and velvet gentleness of Black Velvet Canadian whisky. Since then now world famous names such as Christi Brinkley, Sybil Shepherd, Kim Alexis, Cheryl Tiges and Kelly Amburg has played a Black Velvet Lady.
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