Review: Red Vermouths

Red Vermouths First produced and consumed for medicinal purposes, drinkers soon realised you needn’t be ill to enjoy red vermouths as an aperitif, the Italians being particularly enthusiastic about a glass or three of aperitif. Around the turn of the 20th Century, its abilities to mix with a host of other boozy ingredients led to […]

Review: White Vermouths

For almost as long as wine has been produced, so has something that resembles vermouth. Even the big-name Greek physician Hippocrates was known to be a producer of a wine-based digestive. Today, vermouth is required to be made from wine fortified with spirit and aromatised with herbs and spices. Wormwood is an absolute must; no […]