Vermouth

Spirits & Liqueurs

Vermouth, a fortified wine flavored with herbs and spices, comes in two main varieties: sweet and dry. While it can be sipped on the rocks as a light aperitif, it also works in a wide range of cocktails.

Manhatta Astoria cocktail

Manhatta Astoria

This complex and sophisticated twist on a classic Astoria cocktail employs a blend of gins and vermouths plus several contemporary additions to the mix.

The 8 Dry and Blanc Vermouths for Sipping or Mixing

8 Dry and Blanc Vermouths for Sipping or Mixing

White vermouth’s two styles, dry and the sweeter blanc (or bianco), are both great for sipping and mixing into cocktails like Martinis. These are our eight favorite bottles.

Cocchi Vermouth di Torino bottle

Cocchi Vermouth di Torino Review

Best Sweet Vermouths

A Dozen Sweet Vermouths for Mixing or Sipping

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Split Your Vermouth to Make the Best Cocktails. Here’s Why.

aperitivi bottles

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american vermouths

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Reverse Manhattan cocktail

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red-colored Rosemary Mezcal Negroni cocktail in a rocks glass, garnished with a lit rosemary sprig releasing a wisp of smoke

Rosemary Mezcal Negroni

Negroni alcoholic cocktail

The 9 Best Sweet Vermouths to Drink in 2022

martini in coupe with jigger and shaker

The 8 Best Dry Vermouths to Drink in 2023

Chrysanthemum cocktail in an etched coupe glass with an orange twist, served on a silver tray

A petite, elegant cocktail glass holds a dark red drink with a cherry at the bottom, its stem breaking the surface. The background is a dark blue tablecloth.

Remember the Maine

Rob Roy cocktail

Dry Martini in a v-shaped martini glass with lemon twist, and a sidecar on extra Martini in chilled carafe in the background

Americano cocktail

old pal cocktail with a lemon twist and blue background

vieux carre cocktail in gold-laced glass with lemon peel garnish

Greenpoint cocktail in a coupe with lemon peel garnish

Negroni Sbagliato

Negroni Sbagliato

An elegant, faceted rocks glass holds a vividly golden elixir with large cubes of ice. A single trimmed lemon peel and a small mint sprig garnish the drink, which rests on a wooden bar tray.

Wormhole Warrior

Red-orange El Presidente cocktail in a stemmed glass

A coupe rests on a round, lined surface against a solid black backdrop. The coupe is filled with a dark red cocktail, and a grapefruit peel is pinned to the rim with a miniature clothespin.

South by Southwest

Overhead-angled view of a Martinez cocktail in a coupe class on white marbled background, with orange twist along the rim

Frank Caiafa’s Rob Roy

3 Creative Ways to Use Vermouth in Your Kitchen

Garden Gin & Tonic

Lights Out Punch

Lights Out Punch

A Martini glass with a knobbed stem sits on burlap cloth. Behind it are a wicker basket and a human skull. The glass holds a light brown-orange drink.

Corpse Reviver No. 1

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The Best Vermouths to Mix and Sip Solo

A group of 11 sweet vermouth bottles on a steel surface

Everything You Need to Know About Vermouth

An elegant cocktail glass with intricate designs holds a dark red cocktail, with a lemon peel on a metal pick.

A faceted cocktail coupe sits on a marble surface. A beam of light illuminates a golden beverage within, and a thin slice of lemon peel. The rest of the photo is in shadow.

A clear Collins glass filled with a bright yellow slushie and garnished with crisp bacon

High on the Hog

Prime Directive

Room Temperature Martini No. 1

amber-colored Cooperstown cocktail in a cocktail glass, served on a gray granite surface

Martini & Rossi

light yellow Polar Bear cocktail in a crystal-cut coupe glass

In Defense of Drinking Vermouth

Distrito Federal, aka Tequila Manhattan, in a cocktail glass with a spiral lime twist garnish on the rim, served on a wooden surface

Distrito Federal (aka Tequila Manhattan)

An embellished, angular cocktail coupe holds a crimson drink and a long, curled lemon zest. It’s set against a stone wall and rests on a white base.

An Early Taste of Spring

A rocks glass sits on a light colored wooden surface. In it is a bright orange tomato drink, a single large ice cube, and to slivers of cucumber.

Nick & Nora Martini in a Nick & Nora glass, garnished with one olive on a metal skewer

Nick & Nora Martini

McKInley's Delight cocktail in a stemmed cocktail glass on a dark gray granite surface

McKinley’s Delight

A person’s hand holds a rocks glass with a thick copper rim. The glass holds three large ice cubes and an orange drink and is garnished with an orange wheel.

Django Reinhardt

Two hands toast with Dizzy Blonde Negroni cocktails, served in punch glasses with grapefruit peel and star anise garnishes

Dizzy Blonde Negroni

red-hued Rosé Cobbler cocktail in a stemmed glass, topped with berries, mint and powdered sugar

A deep red-brown stirred cocktail in an ornate stemmed cocktail glass against a dark gray background

two glass mugs of Caffe Correccion Ponche, garnished with cinnamon sticks and set next to a coffee carafe

Café Corrección Ponche

Sin Cyn cocktail

Gotham cocktail in a coupe glass with a skewered cherry balanced on the rim

Jockey Club cocktail in a cocktail glass, with a skewered cherry balanced on the rim

Joy Division cocktail

Coronation Cocktail No. 1 in a cocktail glass with a spiraled lemon twist, served on a round metal tray

Coronation Cocktail No. 1

Citius, Altius, Fortius

50/50 martini with a lemon twist, served in a cocktail glass on a stone bar top

Marguerite cocktail in Nick & Nora glass with thick twist of lemon peel as garnish, placed on dark marble background

Luck of the Irish cocktail

Luck of the Irish

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