Vermouth

Cocchi Americano is characterised by its pale golden colour and complex flavour profile. It offers a delightful combination of sweet, bitter, and herbal notes, making it a refreshing and sophisticated aperitif.

Based on white wine from Piedmont, fortified and aromatised with a secret recipe. Smells of stone fruit and pear blend with orange marmalade and fig. To taste it is quite grippy with spiced tart citrus fruit followed by a lingering bitterness. Perfect with soda or in a fabulous cocktail.

Bitter-sweet, very slightly syrupy. The dried fruits found on the nose with Christmas spices and a distinct Christmas cake flavour.

Made by combining walnut husks with vermouth, this rich, full-bodied and elegant aperitif from Casoni, in Emilia, is an innovative take on the traditional Italian drink. Led by an intense flavour of walnuts, serve this fresh combo neat or over ice with a slice of orange.

This vermouth from Casoni is made from a base of albana grape wine, infused with a whole host of botanicals along with the distinct flavour of balsamic vinegar. The recipe comes from Tomaso Agnini, an early member of the Casoni family, and the complex, balanced vermouth should lend an interesting twist to cocktails.

In perfect style of the classic Italian Vermouth, decisive, with citrus hints and persistent on the palate. The color is given by the burnt sugar, which also gives an important aromatic note to the product.

Cinzano Bianco sweet flavor reveals notes of fruit, vanilla and cinnamon that linger on the tongue with a bittersweet aftertaste.

The aroma is rich, fruity with a backbone of woody bitterness. To taste, its sweeter than expected with baked apples, fruit cake and intense brown sugar contrasted by earthier notes of bark, damp soil and cloves.

Cocchi Extra Dry is an extremely elegant stand-alone vermouth with fresh apple, melon and white flower notes from the wine, beautifully balance with the aromatic botanical notes of cardamom, wormwood, coriander and angelica. The Piedmont mint and lemon peels bring herbaceous notes and brightness to the palate, creating a unique personality.

Huge, complex, fruity and raisiny with underlying spicy, citrusy bitterness over which are layered sweet flavours of liquorice, orange zest and juice, rhubarb, grapes and cocoa.

Light, fresh and subtly sweet, Dolin Blanc tastes like spring rain falling on field of wild flowers. Highly aromatic and inviting, the nose showcases honey sweetness with notes of orange blossoms, freshly picked flowers, and stone fruits.

Slightly sweet, with a subtle golden tint, our dry vermouth has a generous and rich nose with hints of citrus bark underscored by the freshness of menthol and balsamic notes.

Very pleasant nose of fruit compote, prune and walnut, with a slightly grassy note, tempered by the spicy notes of cinnamon, vanilla and szechwan pepper. On the palate flavours of almond, citrus, pear and violet.

Light bodied. Oaky, diluted red wine, strawberry, pink grapefruit zest, green melon, peach and orange flower water with subtle sage. Sweetness balanced by gentle oaky tannins and acidity.

Made from Red Wine, Herbs and Fruit - this aperitif is sweeter than many others, making it a superb choice for the Classic Martinez Cocktail, or great drunk neat, chilled, in a wine glass.

Herbal, fruity nose. Hints of parsley, red berries and cracked black pepper. Hints of port, white grapes and lemon on the palate. Cedar, zest, notes of pepper and a development of sage. Long finish with creaking oak notes.

Bitter wormwood balanced by honeyed sweetness with layers of complexity. Zesty citrus, green herbal notes, ripe white orchard fruit white flower blossom. Faint ripe strawberry dusted with black pepper and white flower blossom.

Martini Bianco is a fine blend of Italian white wine infused with herbs and sweet floral botanicals and produces an aromatic yet delicate drink with notes of vanilla and citrus.

Martini Extra Dry combines raspberry and lemon peel, with the violet-scented tartness of Florentine Orris. Light, zesty and fragrant overall.

Light-bodied, complex and showing great finesse. Bitter-sweet with notes of tobacco leaf, espresso, cinnamon, liquorice, anise and nutmeg with a cola-like fruitiness.

Succulent red berries, prickles of black pepper, some herbal aromas and faint sandlewood round the nose. Faint woody tannins complement dry wormwood among the fruity red berries. It has a refreshing herbal finish with some lingering bitterness.

Dry, manzanilla sherry-like palate is slightly salty with grape flesh, orange bitters and cardamom, cinnamon and clove spice.

Another "Fearlessly Handcrafted" Australian vermouth here from the Regal Rogue range. This is their Daring Dry expression, made with a selection of native Australian herbs including anise myrtle, quandong and native thyme, as well as white pepper, olive leaf and juniper. The result is intriguingly savoury, with salty touches coming through too - the minds of the cocktail enthusiasts out there ought to be whirring with ideas for how to use this.

This white vermouth from the Australia-based Regal Rogue range is "Fearlessly Handcrafted" and evidently rather lively! If you like your vermouth to be zesty and vibrant with fruit at the fore, thisll be for you.

The Wild Rose Vermouth from the Regal Rogue range is a fruit-forwards expression, featuring native Australian Illawarra plums, strawberry gum and rosella, giving notes of red fruit and earthy anise.