vermouth

[French vermout, from German Wermut, from Middle High German wermuot, wormwood, from Old High German wermuota.]

Fortified wine (about 16% alcohol by volume) flavoured with herbs and quinine. French vermouth is dry and colourless; Italian may be red or white and is sweet. Drunk as an aperitif, either with soda or with gin or vodka (a martini). Name originally derived from German Wermut for wormwood, a toxic ingredient that was included in early vermouths (see absinthe). Sweet or Italian vermouth, 15-17% alcohol (by volume), 12-20% sugar (by weight). Dry or French type, 18-20% alcohol, 3-5% sugar.

[ver-mooth] A fortified wine that some historians date back to the time of Hippocrates, when it was used as a medicinal. The word "vermouth" comes from the German wermut or vermut ("wormwood") which, before it was declared poisonous, was the principal flavoring ingredient. Today's vermouths are flavored with a complex formula of myriad botanicals including herbs, spices, flowers and seeds, the exact recipe depending on the producer. There are two primary styles of vermouth-sweet (red) and dry (white). All vermouths are derived from white wines. Sweet vermouth was introduced in 1786 by Italian Antonio Benedetto Carpano. It has a slightly sweet flavor and a reddish-brown color from the addition of caramel. This Italian-style vermouth is served as an apéritif and used in slightly sweet cocktails like the americano. Dry vermouth, created by Frenchman Joseph Noilly in 1800, is also called French vermouth, although today it's also produced in other countries including Italy and the United States. Dry vermouth is served as an apéritif and used in dry cocktails like martinis. Drinks made with half sweet and half dry vermouth are referred to as "perfect," as in a perfect manhattan. A vermouth's flavor begins to dissipate as soon as it's opened so it should be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 3 months.

[ver-MOOTH] White wine that has been fortified and flavored with various herbs and spices. The name vermouth comes from the German wermut ("wormwood"), which, before it was declared poisonous, was once the principal flavoring ingredient. There are several types of this wine, the most popular being dry white vermouth, commonly thought of as French, although it's made in other countries including the United States. It's served as an apéritif and used in nonsweet cocktails like martinis. The reddish brown sweet vermouth (which is colored with caramel) is also served as an apéritif as well as used in slightly sweet cocktails such as the Manhattan. A third style called Bianco is white and slightly sweet, and not as popular as the other two.

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A bottle of vermouth

Vermouth is a fortified wine, flavored with aromatic herbs and spices ("aromatized" in the trade) such as cardamom, cinnamon, marjoram and chamomile.^[1] Some vermouth is sweetened; however, unsweetened, or dry, vermouth tends to be bitter. The person credited with the second vermouth recipe, Antonio Benedetto Carpano from Turin, Italy, chose to name his concoction "vermouth" in 1786 because he was inspired by a German wine flavoured with wormwood, an herb most famously used in distilling absinthe.^[2][3] The modern German word Wermut (Wermuth in the spelling of Carpano's time) means both wormwood and vermouth. The herbs in vermouth were originally used to mask raw flavours of cheaper wines, imparting a slightly medicinal "tonic" flavour.

Contents 1 Uses 2 Styles 3 See also 4 References

Uses

In addition to creating cocktails, vermouth can be used in place of white wine in cooking. Since it is fortified and shelf-stable, it makes a good substitute to keep on hand for cooking purposes since it will not sour as white wine can.

Styles

There are three general styles of vermouth, in order from driest to sweetest: extra dry, bianco/white, and sweet/red. Sweet red vermouth is drunk as an apéritif, often straight up, as well as in mixed drinks like the Manhattan. Dry white vermouth, along with gin, is a key ingredient in the mixing of martinis. Red vermouths are sometimes referred to as Italian vermouths and white vermouths as French vermouths, although not all Italian vermouths are red and not all French vermouths are white.

See also

• History of alcohol
• Cinzano
• Gancia Originale
• Martini (vermouth)
• Noilly Prat
• Punt e Mes
• Carpano Antica
• Dolin

References

1. ^ Clarke, Paul (15 August 2008). "The Truth About Vermouth: The secret ingredient in today's top cocktails remains misunderstood". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/15/WI0111LMMB.DTL. Retrieved 6 April 2009. 
2. ^ http://casadeltequila.ch/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=269
3. ^ wermut at BEOLINGUS and Wiktionary

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vermut

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermout (soort wijn)

Français (French)
n. - vermouth

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wermut, Wermutwein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βερμούτ

Italiano (Italian)
vermut

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vermute (m)

Русский (Russian)
вермут

Español (Spanish)
n. - vermú, vermut

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vermouth

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
味美斯酒, 苦艾酒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 味美斯酒, 苦艾酒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 베르무트주 (약초로 맛을 낸 흰 포도주)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ベルモット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فيرموت ( نوع من الخمر الابيض)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ורמוט, יין-לענה‬

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