COCKTAILS
SIGNATURE
ALL NIGHTER
Organic coffee infused rye
Cognac
Dionese's vermouth
Amaro Averna
Cynar
Bitters
Fernet Branca
Booze forward, aromatic and intense, served on a big rock
SUNNYSIDE
Organic coconut washed gin
Dionese's vermouth
Noilly Prat dry vermouth
Pineapple juice
Prosecco foam
Fruitiness, dryness and sweetness come together in this smooth and balanced drink
VERMOUTINHA
Organic lime wedges
Organic orange slice
Dionese's vermouth
Demerara
Refreshing and citrusy, served on crushed ice
UNCLE ERNIE
Organic lemon peel infused gin
Suze gentian liqueur
Cocchi Americano
Genepi
Made with ingredients from south east France and north west Italy, served really cold. Bittersweet and herbal, the flavors of the Alps
CLASSICS
MANHATTAN
Rittenhouse rye
Dionese's vermouth
Bitters
Stirred, served up with cherries
VESPER MARTINI
Tanqueray gin
Ketel 1 vodka
Cocchi Americano
"Shaken, not stirred"
served with a lemon twist
NEGRONI SBAGLIATO
Dionese's vermouth
Campari
Prosecco
On the rocks, with a slice of orange
VIEUX CARRE
Rittenhouse rye
Pierre Ferran cognac
Dionese's vermouth
Benedectine
Angostura bitters
Peycheaud bitters
Stirred, served up with a lemon twist
ABOUT VERMOUTH
From the word "wermut", german for wormwood. The most famous fortified wine in the world takes the name from what historically has been its main spice.
Wormwood-spiced wines have been made in various cultures for a long time, but it was Antonio Benedetto Carpano who set the standard for vermouth as we know it today.
It was 1786 when Carpano, a herbalist from Torino, formulated his recipe to include a wide variety of botanicals along with wormwood. The wine was then sweetened and fortified with alcohol
He created a fantastic product, but what made it really popular was an extraordinary marketing move. He sent a case of his vermouth to the Savoia, the royal family of Torino. They loved it so much that they made it the drink of choice at royal parties.
Following the success of vermouth with the aristocrats, the drink was soon embraced by the fancy cafes frequented by the upper class of Torino. And just like that, vermouth became THE beverage of "aperitif hour", a very special moment of the day in the Italian culture, a time in the afternoon just before dinner to hang out, chat and enjoy a drink