Vermouth

[Formerly YB-2]

Our experience in Spain is that vermouth is served in various glass designs, but always over ice.

[JBT]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Our experience in Spain is that vermouth is served in various glass designs, but always over ice.

Drinking wine over ice. I don't know about that. Must be a European thing

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by JBT

Drinking wine over ice. I don't know about that. Must be a European thing

My friend who buys & sells wine for a living has no problem with wine over ice. And, as the Europeans pretty much "invented" wine, they have many centuries more experience than we do in NA.
A good book covering the history of wine is "Inventing Wine" by Paul Lukacs.
On average, we find inexpensive French, Spanish, Portuguese & German wines to be better than inexpensive NA wines.
Obviously, YMMV.

[JBT]

If people enjoy wine over ice more power to them. Its not something I would do.

[crwilli]

By recipe, I use sweet Vermouth to make Manhattans. Simple Martini & Rossi, Dolin’s or my favorite, Antica Formula Carpano 1786. Often switching around the bitters used. I also experiment with different Amaro varieties. They tend to add more complexity to the drink. Some do not require any bitters to be added.

Cherry of choice is Luxardo.

[murphyb74]

In the last year or so I started drinking Negronis. I use Tanqueray Gin, Carpano Antica Sweet Red Vermouth, and Campari. I mix it like Stanley Tucci does - delicious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srjk7qJ4PQ4

From "The Negroni: Drinking to La Dolce Vita": According to reliable lore, the cocktail was born when an Italian bartender responded to a customer's demand for a stiffer riff on an Americano cocktail (a much-tamer mix of Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda). The patron, Count Camillo Negroni, had picked up a taste for strong liquor while working—true story—as a rodeo clown in the American Wild West, and gave his name to the resulting concoction.