Vermouth / Aperitifs

Made from grape must, bark and gentian (from the mountains of the Grande Chartreuse), created in 1865 by a monk, doctor, brother Raphael (whose real name was Hippolyte Bonal). Traditionally consumed as a digestive or as a mixer in a cocktail. This is a bitter herb mix and one of the original great cocktail mixers!

Punt e Mes is an Italian vermouth, dark brown in color and has a bitter flavour. Punt e Mes literally means “point and a half” in Piedmontese, referring to the flavor being characterised as one ”point” of sweetness and half a point of bitterness. It can be used as a substitute for regular rosso vermouth in drinks such as the Manhattan. Punt e Mes has a strong, distinctive flavour, half-way between regular rosso vermouth and Campari.

Soft straw in colour with gold tinges. It`s bouquet is intense, with a sweet, rounded smoothness and the clear presence of vanilla. On the palate, an artful marriage of sweet and bitter, balanced in perfect proportion.

Martini Bitter offers a lighter, more refreshing style than other bitters and being from the same Martini family it’s over 100% complementary to Martini Rosso. From a taste perspective, both products are entirely balanced, so when you use them to make classic Italian cocktails like the Americano and Negroni, it brings harmonious, perfectly balanced sensations to the drink.

The botanicals in Vya Sweet come from those parts of plants where energy is concentrated: seeds, bark, and roots. These components tend to have bitter elements which in the taste of Vya Sweet are balanced with sweetness. The balance of bitter and sweet, and the warm energy from the botanicals pair fantastically with whiskey, especially with rye.