Fiero is Martini & Rossi's counterpart to the amazingly popular Aperol. Fiero is a white wine-based drink flavored with blood orange peel and juice, lemon peel and typical vermouth spices. Fiero does not fall into traditional vermouth categories and the manufacturer calls it orange vermouth. On Martini&Rossi's website, Fiero is recommended…
Osborne is the creation of Englishman Thomas Osborne Mann. It was founded at the beginning of the 19th century and is one of the oldest wineries in Spain. Today, Osborne has grown into a large group, has given up wine production and focuses mostly on the brandy and other products. However,…
Madeira wines are not very commonly displayed in the wine section of Baltic stores. There are only a few different ones on sale in Estonia. Henriques & Henriques is a winery founded in 1850 on the island of Madeira. The company started bottling and exporting wines in 1925. The company has…
Cucielo is a small vermouth producer in the Piedmont region of Italy. The name Cucielo comes from the cuckoo bird which is also seen on the bottle label. Cielo means sky in Italian. It is a tribute to the bird that travels twice a year from Europe to Africa, the length…
Antica Distilleria Quaglia is a winery and distillery founded in 1906 in Piedmont, Italy. Today, the great-grandson of the founder Carlo Quaglia directs the company. Berto is produced in both sweet vermouth versions, Rosso and Bianco. There is also a bitter in their selection, Berto Bitter, which will be reviewed later…
Throughout its 150-year history, Rozes has been French-owned. The Rozes winery was founded in 1855 by Ostendo Rozes, who worked for years in Bordeaux as a wine seller. Ostendo’s son Edmond Rozes continued production and made it an international brand. Today, it is owned by Vranken Pommery, a company better known…
Dow’s Winery dates back to 1798 and is one of the few producers of port wine with a purely Portuguese background. Through various mergers, Dow’s has grown into a big player and is world famous especially in vintage port wines. Dow’s Finest Reserve is a ruby-style port wine. Its production begins…
Kopke is the oldest port wine maker, founded as early as 1638, before port wines still existed as a concept. Kopke is the market leader in Tawny Colheita and white port wines. Today, Kopke is part of the Sogevinus Group, the fifth largest port wine producer. The white grapes are peeled,…
Noilly Prat is the oldest vermouth brand in France. It was published by the French gentlemens Noilly and Prat in the mid-19th century. Their company and factory were set up in Marseillan, France, where production still exists today. The company was later acquired by the Italian Martini & Rossi, which in…
Riserva Speciale is the second half of the Martini & Rossi special vermouth series. Rubino means ruby (red) in Italian. The second product in the series, Ambrato, is a light and dry vermouth. In this special series, the various herbal extracts have matured in oak barrels for at least two months…