: a dry or sweet aperitif wine flavored with aromatic herbs and often used in mixed drinks
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This is joined with Punt e Mes, a bittersweet vermouth with bright red fruit notes, and finished with the coffee depth and mild bitterness of Averna.
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2025
The cocktail’s origins reportedly date back to the 1950s when Cinzano, an Italian vermouth producer, opened an outpost in São Paulo and began adding their sweet vermouth to the local cachaça.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Its cocktails span the exotic and the oddball, including the Vienna Strudel, with mascarpone cheese, apple caviar and cinnamon raisins, and the Tokyo Drift, a blend of Japanese shochu, mezcal and vermouth crowned with lychee-wasabi air bubbles.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
At each restaurant, Prodan offers broad and curated selections of over 20 by-the-glass wines per list, as well as robust bottle lists, sakes, vermouths, boutique spirits and creative cocktails.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2025
The cocktail’s origins reportedly date back to the 1950s when Cinzano, an Italian vermouth producer, opened an outpost in São Paulo and began adding their sweet vermouth to the local cachaça.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Its cocktails span the exotic and the oddball, including the Vienna Strudel, with mascarpone cheese, apple caviar and cinnamon raisins, and the Tokyo Drift, a blend of Japanese shochu, mezcal and vermouth crowned with lychee-wasabi air bubbles.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
At each restaurant, Prodan offers broad and curated selections of over 20 by-the-glass wines per list, as well as robust bottle lists, sakes, vermouths, boutique spirits and creative cocktails.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Vermouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vermouth. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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vermouth
noun
ver·mouth
vər-ˈmüth 
: a wine flavored with herbs
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