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Somewhere deep in the recesses of your kitchen liquor cabinet probably sits a bottle of dry vermouth. You know it’s there, but you really have no idea how long it’s been there. Maybe your uncle or a ...

September’s most beloved fruit for juice—Concord grapes—is also great for cocktails. Muddling them with your toes is optional. When it comes to cocktails, Barbara Saxton and I are kindred spirits … ...

We’ve had the longest dry spell for years but in spite of the heatwave, sometimes you long for something other than a salad. So here’s a recipe for those summer evenings when you want a hot meal but ...

Vermouth may be the bartender’s best friend for mixing drinks, but it is also delicious to drink on its own with its flavours full of herbs and spices. And, for once, forget the giants from Italy and ...

According to Edoardo Branca, who spoke on vermouth’s history at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail and whose company Fratelli Branca owns the world’s oldest recipe, the renowned Carpano Antica formula, ...

Adonis, in Greek mythology, was a young human of exceptional beauty, so alluring that he was fought over by Persephone and Aphrodite, and they were goddesses. The reference survives in modern English ...

When it comes to vermouth, the classic song “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” may come to mind. For years, the fortified wine fell out of favor. Many drinkers either assumed they didn’t like vermouth or ...