Despite its humble appearance in the back of many home bars, a single bottle of sweet vermouth can contain extracts from over 50 different botanicals, roots, barks, and spices, making it one of the most complex, yet often misunderstood, ingredients in your liquor cabinet. At its core, sweet vermouth is a fortified and aromatized wine, […]
Here’s a fact many home bartenders miss: sweet vermouth is a wine, not a spirit, and treating it as such means you’re likely letting it spoil. Unlike whiskey or gin, an opened bottle of sweet vermouth needs to be refrigerated and consumed within a few weeks to a month before its complex, aromatic flavors fade […]
Which Vermouth Is Sweet? Unpacking the Rosso Spectrum The surprising truth about “which vermouth is sweet” is that virtually all red vermouth, commonly labeled ‘Rosso’ or ‘Italian Vermouth,’ is by definition sweet. However, the term “sweet” is a broad church, and if you’re looking for the richest, most pronounced sweetness in a widely available bottle, […]