of orange bitters, usually made with Plymouth gin and Vya vermouth and some ancient deKuyper orange bitters from the 50’s that I acquired a few years ago

wintertime; a dry manhattan(basically a rye martini served up with a twist) or Macallan’s with 1 ice cube. in the summer, a real martini(plymouth gin 4/1 with vya vermouth, a dash of orange bitters and served with a lemon...

Vya Dry Vermouth – beautiful to drink (half sweet/half dry on the rocks) and gives incredible herbal flavor to soups, sauces. Deglaze next time you’re sauteeing any mirepoix type mix.

" made with half of each of their Vya vermouths. I also shared the mulled wine recipe I made up this year with a bottle of Essencia. I might get lucky and have it posted on their website. :-) The yak cheese was good, and it looks...

Martinez (gin, sweet vermouth, Maraschino, bitters). Preferably a nice sweet vermouth like Vya or Carpano Antica.

of at least two, preferably three ingredients. So that means using some dry vermouth, and avoiding the many bad ones (Martini & Rossi is particularly nasty, I think). My favorites are Vya (from a boutique producer based in...

My preference runs to gin too, but you can’t beat One Market’s $2.50 Herb Caen special—Skyy vodka and Vya vermouth—especially if it’s vodka, you gotta taste some vermouth. I don’t know how long...

vermouth (Antica is my current pick, Vya was in the original incarnation) 1/2 oz. St. Germain (overused, I know, but really good in this case) 2 dashes Regan’s Orange Bitters (the original had some awesome housemade cherry...

Dry: Vya Extra Dry, Noilly Prat Dry, Lillet Blanc, Boissiere Dry. Sweet: Carpano Antica Formula, Vya Sweet, Carpano Punt e Mes, Lillet Rouge, Cinzano Rosso.

in the house now and it is much more intesnsely Junipe flavored and very spicy. So what are you using, if anything, for vermouth. If you have a skanky old bottle of generic vermouth, try to find some Noilly Pratt or the more...

with Vya dry vermouth, Plymouth and a dash of orange bitters has got to be the most elegant tail in the world...

interesting Vermouths are worth trying: Vya sweet vermouth from California is incredible, as is Carpano’s Punt e Mes, a very strong-flavored Vermouth from Milan. Carpano is credited with inventing vermouth — I’m...

commonly-improvised lime wedge. Joe C at Caffe Umbra does a masterful Negroni, using Vya vermouth, a boutique California product.

A great and fine list indeed. If you can get it where you are, give Vya vermouth a try in your Manhattans and Martinis. Both the sweet and dry. My wife described them last night as “revelatory.” They really are. We use...

Liquor 43 Coole Swan Honey Rum Tequila: Herradura Blanco Herradura Reposado Herradura Anjeo Vermouth: Noilly Pratty Dry Carpano Antica Formula Vya Sweet Vya Dry Whisk(e)y: Ardbeg 10 Year Ardbeg Uigdaehl Bushmills Bushmills Black Bush Bushmills 10...