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Review: Gonzalez Byass Vermouth La Copa – Extra Seco and Rojo
The Gonzalez Byass winery’s La Copa vermouth brand originally dates back to the late 1800s, but only recently has the brand been revived, with the original recipes and label design as a guide.These two...
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Review: Vermouth Padro & Co. – Complete Lineup
Vermouth Padro & Co. — sometimes styled inversely, as Padro & Co. Vermouth — is a Spanish operation that dates its winemaking production back to 1846. Today, Padro makes not one, not three, but...
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The Best Dry Vermouth Roundup – 16 Bottles Tasted, 1 Winner
In keeping with some of our recent roundups — you now know what the best banana liqueur in the world is — I figured I’d take on another big staple in the cocktail world: dry vermouth. The catch? There...
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Review: Martini & Rossi Fiero
Fiero is Martini & Rossi‘s answer to Aperol, although unlike that iconic spirit, Fiero is actually a vermouth — an aromatized wine — not a distilled product. The new Fiero is actually a relaunch,...
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The Best Sweet Vermouth Roundup – 25 Bottles Tasted, 1 Winner
I swore off doing a monster roundup like this last time I did a big vermouth writeup — with 16 dry vermouths taste-tested and reviewed. Well, here am I again, facing a phalanx of sweet vermouth bottles...
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Review: Sprezza Vero Spritzes
Sprezza is a line of ready-to-drink cocktails from the folks behind Mancino Vermouth, which teamed up with Scrappy’s Bitters to create a canned version of the vermouth spritz (not to be confused with...
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Review: Alessio Vermouth – Dry and Bianco
Alessio’s sweet vermouths performed well in our recent roundup, so today we’re turning toward its two white vermouths — a standard dry vermouth and a sweeter bianco which can be subbed in for dry...
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Review: Regal Rogue Vermouth, Complete Lineup
Regal Rogue Vermouth (aka RR Vermouth) hails from, of all places, Australia. These are organic products, made from Australian wine and Aboriginal herbs and spices, sourced directly from Aboriginal...
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Review: Starlino Rose Aperitivo and Rosso Vermouth
Starlino is a new brand of aromatized wines — and cherries, which we previously reviewed — hailing from Turin, Italy. Today we look at two of Starlino’s wine-based offerings, a sweet vermouth and an...
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Review: 9 di Dante Inferno Sweet Vermouth
From its circles-of-hell logo design to the dark black bottle to, well, the name of the product, 9 di Dante really wants to evoke Dante’s La Divina Comedia with this Italian, rosso vermouth. It...
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How Long Does Vermouth Last?
Reader Evan asks (in a nutshell): Does vermouth go bad? Grab that bottle of vermouth that’s been sitting open in your liquor cabinet for a year and take a sip. Yeah, it goes bad. Real bad. Vermouth...
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Review: A.G. Perino Vermouth – Dry and Sweet
Here’s a new brand of vermouths, made in Washington and designed with affordability in mind. A.G. Perino uses premium wines and natural flavors to produce a vermouth in classic Italian style. “While...
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Review: Le Mone Meyer Lemon Aperitif Wine
An aperitif is technically any alcoholic beverage designed to stimulate the appetite before a meal. Which brings us to Le Moné, a new line of wine aperitifs with “no secrets” on their limited...
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Review: Luxardo Antico Sour Cherry Aperitif
Don’t call it a liqueur, because it isn’t: Luxardo Antico is a new type of aperitif, essentially a vermouth made from cherry juice. Per the company: Luxardo Antico is Luxardo’s own interpretation of a...
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Tasting the Wines of Uruguay, 2023 Releases
Uruguay isn’t the first nation that comes to mind when thinking of South American wines, but not too far off in the future, it very well may be. Hot take, I know. However, with the ever-changing...
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Review: Accompani Dry Vermouth
We’ve covered a bit of the lineup from Portland-based Straightaway Cocktails’ Accompani brand, and today we take a dive into one of the most widely used spirits, vermouth. This is a dry vermouth,...
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Review: Lo-Fi Aperitifs Vermouth and Amaro, Complete Lineup
The story of Lo-Fi Aperitifs begins in California, where regionally appropriate botanicals are sourced to create various vermouths and an amaro. All of them use wine for the base — even the amaro —...
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Review: Vermouth by Evie
Evie likes her martinis and she likes them dirty. To that point: Vermouth by Evie (which is part of the Veso drinks company) has the brine built right in. Served solo, the impact is less powerful than...
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Review: Mommenpop Seville Orange Citrus Aperitif
I’m a sucker for a Spritz, but can anyone outdo Aperol? California-based Mommenpop recently hit the scene with an enticing pitch: Its aperitifs are made from Northern California wines fortified with...
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Review: Vermouths of Silvio Carta, Complete Lineup
Silvio Carta produces a range of both sweet vermouth and dry vermouth wines from its home in Sardinia. How about a little backstory to kick things off? Founded in the 1950s by the rebellious winemaker...
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