Martini Vermouth / Aperitif

A rosé Martini, using both red and white wine, it is flavoured with cinnamon and cloves. Martini recommend serving it long over ice with pomegranate juice.

Martini Rosso is claimed to be the world's first vermouth. The distinctive colour is produced by the addition of caramel, which also tempers the bittersweet effect of the 50+ herbs and spices used in production.

Classic aromatic medium-dry Italian vermouth from Turin, made by macerating Alpine herbs and vanilla with white wine, before sweetening and fortification.

This bestseller includes the usual Martini white wine base and herbal ingredients, but with a much reduced level of additional sugar for a dry, but not bitter, vermouth.

A summery aperitif from Martini - tasty poured over ice or Americano style with soda and Campari.

Another entry in the Martini wine based aperitif list, this one adding in a zingy mix of citrus and blood orange.

A vivid red bitter aperitif from Martini, encroaching on the market that is traditionally dominated by Campari. This is a bit less bitter than the market leader, with extra rich sweetness under the quinine heavy bitterness.

Martini Gold is an exciting blend of botanicals sourced from around the world to create a unique flavour, in packaging designed by fashion house Dolce & Gabbana. The taste of Martini Gold is described by the producers as naturally distinctive, with fragant lemon, deep, zesty orange and rich exotic spices such as saffron, ginger and myrrh.

A colourfully labelled bottle of Martini Vermouth from the 1980s.

A litre bottle of Martini's most famous drink - Extra Dry. A fantastic and versatile dry vermouth, this was bottled in the 1980s.

A litre bottle of Martini & Rossi's aperitif, the Aperitivo Rossi, from the 1980s.

An old bottling of Martini & Rossi's Sweet Vermouth, which we think was bottled in the 1970s.

A bottling of Martini & Rossi's bitter China Martini liqueur, bittered with Cinchona bark. We think this bottle was released in the 1970s.

A beautiful old bottle of Martini's Elixir di China, a once popular bitter aperitif, in an interestingly shaped bottle with a shorter neck than usual. We think this was bottled in the 1960s.

A very old bottle of Martini Semi-Secco Vermouth. We estimate that this was produced sometime in the 1930s.

An interesting bottle of Martini's American Cocktail, most probably a mixture of vermouth and Campari that became known as the Americano, the forerunner of the more famous Negroni. This is quite well travelled, having been originally been produced for the Philippines export market.

An old bottle of Martini & Rossi Vermouth which we estimate was produced just after they registered their ball and bar logo in 1929.