Last weekend, Absolut Vodka, probably the most art-inspired alcohol drink of all ages, invited the fans of refined vodka cocktails and art to visit its temporary creative studio space in London to discuss extravagant and somewhat shocking art pieces and meet people, who created them. The Absolut Artists’ Salon on Portland Place was open for two days, October 16-17, inviting everybody interested to come and drink free Absolut cocktails, take part in hourly workshops and get deep into the world of unconventional art, as well join the informal conversation about the industry and the way the participating artists create their unique visual pieces.

Would you have a drink with you?” This question has been already answered positively by Hugh Hefner and Julia Stiles in the ongoing Stoli Vodka advertising campaign, which now welcomes a new celebrity coming from the modern tech world. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone became the third person featured in new “Stoli Originals” prints and TV ads, released today, October 19.

Last night, on 18 October, it was “sneak” premièred at a spectacular release party at Villa L’Abri in Cannes—Absolut Watkins, the smashing new limited edition flavour from Absolut, created exclusively for global travellers, reflecting all of the excitement, glamour and star quality of the globetrotting fashion world. Absolut Watkins will be launched throughout the global duty free/travel retail market in January 2011.

This October, Stolichnaya, a pioneer in the flavored vodka category, will be taking a walk on the wilder side with the introduction of Stolichnaya Wild Cherri, the twelfth flavor in the brand’s vodka portfolio.  Created from the natural flavor of the wild cherry varietal and years in the making, Stoli Wild Cherri is naturally flavored with the purest of refined fruit extracts and is a brilliant addition to the bar. Packaging of Stoli new flavour was designed by Claessens International.

Stolichnaya, a pioneer in the flavored vodka category, and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the sales and marketing arm of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, announced that Stolichnaya is embarking as a Founding Partner in a five-year alliance with the Barclays Center, the planned state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue, and with NETS Basketball owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. The opening of the Barclays Center in late spring/early summer of 2012 will mark the return of major professional sports to Brooklyn for the first time since 1957, and Stoli will become the official vodka partner of the Barclays Center.

Smirnoff® is launching a new reality television show, Master of the Mix. In a quest to crown the hottest DJ in the world, Master of the Mix is hosting multiple DJs in cities throughout the world to determine the ultimate mix master. Hosted by Grammy nominated producer/DJ, Just Blaze, and world famous DJ, Kid Capri, the show will pit the world’s most prominent DJs against each other in head-to-head competition.

In September, Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport saw the premiere of Absolut Glimmer—the new, spectacularly exciting and utterly glamorous limited edition gift pack bottle from the world’s leading premium vodka brand. Absolut Glimmer follows in the prestigious footsteps of previous groundbreaking holiday season limited edition gift packs such as Absolut Bling Bling, Absolut Disco, In an Absolut World Every Night Is a Masquerade, and Absolut Rock Edition. The global launch of about 5 million bottles of Absolut Glimmer will be rolled out in both off- and on-trade as well as duty free/travel retail markets worldwide through October in a massive campaign.