US: Finlandia scores as James Bond’s latest partner

James Bond purists may be shaken by the news, but 007 is to change his brand of vodka for the forthcoming film Die Another Day. In something of a coup Brown-Forman’s Finlandia Vodka brand has signed a seven-figure deal, which partners the brand with the new film.   Although Bond will not actually ask for a Finlandia directly ” he does order a vodka martini and it is Finlandia,” said Scott Reid, global marketing director for the brand. “One of the great scenes in the movie features an ice bar and the whole bar is stocked exclusively with Finlandia vodka.”