Australia can now officially toast International Year of the Potato.
A New South Wales winery best known for its fruit creations has just released the country's only commercial potato vodka.
The potatoes used to make the vodka are sebago and harvested on the Dorrigo Plateau on the state's mid-north coast.
Drinking spuds in their special year
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