Khortytsa vodkas are made from a grain-base using the traditional recipes and modern distilling technologies prevalent in the Urkaine. According to an informative article from Leon Bleiweiss writing for the Gentleman's Gazette, the label was founded in 2003 by Eugen Chernyak and named for the island of Khortitsa in southeast Ukraine on the Dniepr River, whose mineral spring water is used to blend down the vodka.