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FORTIFIED VERMOUTH / APERITIF

QUADY CALIFORNIA The recipe behind Vya Vermouth is a carefully kept secret. Only natural ingredients are used: whole herbs, wine, and grape spirit. The exact 15 to 20 varieties of herbs – the proportions, the infusions – are all stored away. Quady Vya Vermouth Extra Dry 34PF / 375ML / 700ML Vya is America’s premiere craft vermouth, created by Andrew Quady of Quady Winery in Madera, CA. Made from a blend of dry white and Orange Muscat wines, hand infused at Quady Winery with a selection of over fifteen dried herbs. Powerfully herbaceous, crisp, and refreshing. 92pts “Best Buy” Tastings, Beverage Testing Institute Quady Vya Vermouth Sweet 32PF / 375ML / 700ML A blend of Tinta Roriz and Orange Muscat and is hand infused with a selection of over seventeen herbs and spices. The botanicals come from those parts of plants where energy is concentrated: seeds, bark, and roots. 94pts “Best Buy” Tastings, Beverage Testing Institute Quady Vya Vermouth Whisper Dry 34PF / 750M “Whisper” refers to a soft whisper of herbs in wine, a delicate rendition of Vya Vermouth. Whisper is Extra Dry’s understated sibling, appropriate when looking for a lighter style of aperitif wine, used alone or to soothe the edges of your favorite spirit. The herbs and wine melt into the spirit without overpowering the drink. 90pts “Best Buy” Tastings, Beverage Testing Institute

DOLIN FRANCE, CHAMBÉRY France’s only Appellation d’Origine Vermouth, Dolin is the last remaining producer of Vermouth de Chambéry AOC. Made from fine wine and botanicals found in the Alpine meadows above Chambéry. Imparting a fresh and elegant nose with a subtle, complex palate. “If you’ve always thought vermouths were overpowering, then you’ll appreciate all three Dolins—they are lighter and more delicate than most.” — The Wall Street Journal Lightly sweetened. Distinguished by its light, fresh and clean profile, which comes from a delicate wine base and more than thirty Alpine herbs. Dolin Blanc Vermouth 32PF / 375ML / 700ML Slightly sweeter than the dry. “The crisp and clean Blanc, with its subtle sweetness is the stand-out.” 93pts The Tasting Panel Dolin Rouge Vermouth 32PF / 375ML / 700ML Made with more than 50 herbs. Firm and balanced without excessive sweetness or lingering aftertastes found in commercial products. Makes an exceptional Manhattan. Dolin Dry Vermouth 35PF / 375ML / 700ML

PALOMAR AMERICANO INGREDIENTS 1½ oz. (45 ml) cold brew coffee 1 oz. (30 ml) Nardini Bitter 1 oz. (30 ml) Dolin Rouge sweet vermouth Orange wheel, for garnish DIRECTIONS

TIMBAL SPAIN, BARCELONA Timbal Vermut de Reus Extra Dry 00PF / 750ML This vermouth has a distinctly Catalan character and embodies many of the savory flavors found in the famed olives of the region. Truly dry—with no added sugar— it is made with herbs sourced from the Pyrenees mountains and citrus of the Mediterranean. Its wine base of Airén (La Mancha) and

Add the cold brew, bitters, and sweet vermouth to a highball glass and add pebble or crushed ice. “Swizzle” by inserting a barspoon into the drink and rubbing quickly between your palms. Top with more ice (if needed) and garnish with an orange wheel.

— RICKY GOMEZ, PALOMAR , PHOTO JORDAN HUGHES

MATTEI FRANCE Bittersweet Corsican aperitif based on mistelle of Muscat and Vermentinu grapes and flavored with various plants, fruits, and spices, including macerations of cinchona bark and local citron fruit. Sweetness comes from natural grape sugars - musts are blended with neutral spirit to prematurely halt fermentation. Enjoy chilled or with a splash of tonic. Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina 34PF / 750ML Herby aromas with floral honeysuckle and elderflower. Quinine bitterness grows gradually on the palate, rich grape juice offsets complex herbs along

Macabeo (Penedes) adds a nice minerality.

PICKLED PEACH COOLER INGREDIENTS 2.5 oz Timbal Vermut de Reus Extra Dry 0.5 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Peach liqueur 3 oz club soda DIRECTIONS Build in a goblet filled with ice, Garnish with a lemon peel. — JULIAN SHORT

with zesty lemon, white pepper, and lemongrass. Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina 35PF / 750ML

Rust red aperitif, a muscular quinine bitterness is made more approachable with light caramel and honeyed fruit sweetness, current of complex herbal notes runs throughout - notably rosemary.

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