Tetya Kapa, a Vodka of Napa Valley from the veteran “Dancing with the Stars” originating from Ukraine, debuts in New York this week at hotspots including Elsie Rooftop, Fresco from Scotto, and Avra.
Vodka is named for chmerkovskiy’s favorite CAP. Tetya is Ukrainian for aunt.
“She taught me how to drink and not penetrate the age of 10 or 11,” Chmerkovskiy said. “We grew up with that culture, constant celebrations, lamentations, graduates, every type of gathering was celebrated with vodka shots, for health. I grew up in that culture. I didn’t see a glass of binile 20.”
The spirit will be available throughout the area with three countries, including Brooklyn-where Chmerkovskiy landed at the age of 14 with his family in 1994.
It will be distributed by “Dosortsev & Sons”, owned by Ukrainian friend Arty Dosortsev.
Chmerkovskiy began his start as a teenage dance at the famous Brighton Beach restaurants, such as Ukraine, who offered “Dinner and a show” for former home-owned immigrants. He would take $ 20 to $ 25 in the show to perform with his partner, who would come to restaurants after studying in a local yeshiva.
“That woke me up.
After dancing in â € œDWtsâ for 17 years, Chmerkovskiy now lives with his wife, friend € € Alumnus Peta Murgroyd, and their three children, who are all under five years old.
He co-founded the Vodka brand with Arthur Hartunian, the founder of Napa Valley Distillery and Ian Devereux White in 2023.
Made without corn or sugar, using the Sauvignon Blanc grapes, Tetya Kapa Vodka rose with restaurants led by Chef in Napa, including Tokue and Angele Restaurant & Bar.
“I am very excited to return and introduce the product to New York,” Chmerkovskiy Side Dish told. “How we celebrate around the vodka shooting. What we don’t need to sell, all people have to do is enjoy it, as it is a lot of a handmade product you can drink, as a last mezcal, this is why many of the restaurants love it.”
Part of the sales will also go to charity supporting Ukraine, including Baranova27, a charity that Chmerkovskiy founded with his father to help rebuild homes in Western Ukraine.
Chmerkovskiy was in Kiev judging a dance show when Russia began its full -scale occupation of Ukraine in 2022.
“The region was never very safe and while [Russia’s invasion] Shocked the world, it was not shocking to us or for anyone who knows history and the region. Expected, ”Chmerkovskiy said.
Being in Kiev when Russia conquered “was a difficult experience,” Chmerkovskiy said. “I make a lot of friends there and have a lot of empathy for people in Ukraine. It was hard to see.”
“Dancers,” he added, “we are another kind, if you will, and all of a sudden they were part of an army and went directly to the front line. I am not used to our kind talking about anyone other than Cha-Chas and Sambas.”
Some dances have become soldiers and have since lost some of their limbs. He also knows families on both sides of the border – and say there is so much so ”
“It is unfortunate – very tragic. Ukrainian is now dealing with him and there will be an entire generation he cannot forget, who lack limbs,” Chmerkovskiy said. “Everyone I know [in Ukraine] It is part of this army. It has been very difficult to see and everyone I know have nothing to do with this lifestyle, but had to take a gun and be in front line. Crazy crazy. There are so many traumas. “
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