The 5 best vermouths to sip or mix into your favourite cocktail - including surprising supermarket pick

The 5 best vermouths to sip or mix into your favourite cocktail - including surprising supermarket pick By CHARLOTTE KRISTENSEN FOR YOU MAGAZINE Published: 08:01, 15 March 2025 | Updated: 08:01, 15 March 2025 e-mail View comments SHOPPING — Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Shopping Finder article are selected by our shopping writers. If you make a purchase using links on this page, Dailymail.

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Vermouth is an intriguing crush of mine: sometimes intense, sometimes sweet, it’s an aromatised fortified wine infused with a mix of botanicals, herbs, flowers, spices and more, depending on the blend. It spans the spectrum from dry to sweet, white to red, rosé to amber. Some shine over ice, others are crucial to iconic cocktails.

As it’s World Vermouth Day on 21 March, here are four picks, and my tips on how to drink them. Cin cin! Discarded Cascara (21%, 50cl), £15.50, the whiskyexchange.

com. This one is made in Scotland, with a no-waste philosophy. It has velvety notes of coffee and cherries, and is ideal as a digestif, or to elevate an espresso martini.

Carpano Antica Formula (16.5%, 37.5cl), £17, Waitrose.

Carpano is the godfather of vermouth, and this tipple is built on a centuries-old secret recipe. With aromas of sweet wood and complex spice, it’s great over ice or in a negroni. Noilly Prat Original Dry French (18%, 75cl), £13.

70, ocado.com. This nuanced French classic unites lemon verbena, dried herbs and a savoury bitterness.

Pour it over ice with a lemon wedge or stir into a classic dry martini. Tesco Extra Dry (14.7%, 100cl), £8.

25, Tesco. Here’s a fantastic value Italian number, subtly fragrant with botanicals and a touch of sweetness. It’s best served long as a refreshing sundowner, topped with tonic or lemonade.

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