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Absolut Los Angeles.


Following up its release last year of Absolut New Orleans--a limited-edition bottling with a mango and spice flavor that resulted in $2 million in profits being donated to five Gulf Coast charities in the wake of Hurricane Katrina--Absolut has debuted the second in its city-inspired flavors, Absolut Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . This one is made with a combination of all-natural blueberry blueberry, plant of the large genus Vaccinium, widely distributed shrubs (occasionally small trees) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), usually found on acid soil. They are often confused with the related huckleberry. , acai berry, acerola acerola (ăs'ərō`lə) or barbados cherry, the edible fruit of Malpighia glabra, of the genera Bunchiosa and Malpighia of the family Malpighiaceae.  cherry, and fruity notes of pomegranate pomegranate (pŏm`grănĭt, pŏm`ə–), handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum , the company says. The company is donating $250,000 from the profits of Absolut Los Angeles to Green Way LA, an organization dedicated to restoring nature and natural functions in the city.

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Title Annotation:Business Briefs
Publication:Beverage Dynamics
Date:Sep 1, 2008
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