If you are severely intolerant to gluten, there is a chance that you have stayed away from vodka, which is made from wheat, barley, or rye. Well, not for long as Tito's Handmade Vodka that is produced in Austin at Texas' oldest legal distillery is now available in India. The drink, which is priced at Rs 4,480 in Mumbai, is made using corn.

Meet the Vodka man
John Mcdonnell, MD International, Fifth Generation, Inc., Home of Tito's Handmade Vodka, tells us that this brand of vodka was developed by Tito Beveridge from Austin, who would make flavoured vodka as gifts for friends during parties. During one such party where he took his vodka along, people started calling him the 'Vodka guy' and that got Tito thinking about the opportunity at hand. Mcdonnell adds, "But when he went to the market to sell his concoctions, the liquor stores turned it down and requested for something that was much smoother and could be had straight. That's when Tito started learning about distilling. This was in the early nineties."