Winestate Magazine July August 2014

An award winning presents full bodied red. South African wineries are Linking Australia with all coasts invited to submit their of North and South America; wines to the Winestate the Caribbean; Northern Europe and the Mediterranean; Asia; “Best of South Africa” tasting at India; Pakistan; New Zealand Hyatt Perth, Western Australia. and the Pacific Islands. For more, visit our website. Wines to be in Australia by 1 Jan 2015 (FREE SHIPPING No matter what. SA to Perth available!) www.hamburgsud-line.com Submission Form is at YOUR INVITATIONTO www.winestate.com.au andDISPLAY AT WORLD’S click on “Submit my wines”BIGGEST WINE FAIR Judging at Hyatt Perth 2015 14-16 January 2015 Trade and Subscriber Tasting March 22-25, 2015 16 January 2015 Official Australia Display Additional Trade Tastings will International Hall 1 be held on the East Coast Application is at later in 2015 http://www.winestate.com.au/lib/ Meet our Winestate team whenpdf/Vinitaly2015APPLICATION.doc we visit the Western Cape July 14 -18, 2014 Enquiries – [email protected] Peter Jackson 08 8357 9277 [email protected] July/August 2014 W I N E S TAT E 151

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aftertasteELISABETH KINGVERMOUTH BACK IN FAVOUR AS COCKTAILSCATCH ONWHEN I interviewed Dan Aykroyd last Nostalgia has played a vital The Americans have also dived into theyear, the thinking person’s funnyman part in the revival of vermouth. vermouth craze, creating new cocktailsgave me a recipe for Crystal Head Long Even though the phrase - fer with names like The Nookie, The BellyIsland Bar Car Martini - 60ml of vodka, un vermut - colloquially means and The Messenger made with importeda splash of vermouth, a splash of olive “let’s go for a drink” in Catalan, quality vermouths such as Bonaljuice, three whole olives and a pearl vermouth has never been Gentiane Quina, in production sinceonion. Why the name? “It’s a drink a 60s and still isn’t an anytime 1865, and Cocchi Vermouth di Torino.Madison Avenue executive would have drink in Barcelona. Like Local producers have also stirred up adrunk at 11a.m in the morning and again brunch, sipping vermouth bunfight with the authorities across theat 5.55pm at night on the Long Island with olives, sardines and other Pond. Just as Europeans have pushedrailroad home,” explained Aykroyd. seafood - never tapas - is a lazy toward European Union definitions and Sunday activity in smart bars such regional names such as Champagne, The resurgence of other cocktails of the as Morro Fi in the trendy L’Eixample they are also calling out Americanera, spurred by the Mad Men craze, has also neighbourhood, which offers 18 types producers for not using wormwood andresurrected interest in vermouth. Twenty years of vermouth. naming their products vermouth.ago, vermouth was looked upon as an old-fashioned bar staple. A lonely bottle bearing Spaniards pooh-pooh Italian and French The US Alcohol and Tobacco, Taxmass-marketnamessuchasMartini,NoillyPrat claims of inventing modern vermouth and Trade bureau’s requirements for anand Cinzano was kept on hand in case the odd and matter-of-factly tell you that the aromatic wine to be labelled vermouthcustomer ordered a dry martini or a Manhattan. real credit belongs to the Germans. aren’t definitive and American vermouth The English word also comes from the producers have been using other In Europe and the US, a new golden German “wermut”, of course, after the artemisia species because extracts fromage for the centuries-old aperitif wine ingredient considered to be fundamental plants containing thujone (a neurotoxichas spawned a rash of dedicated bars to true vermouth - Artemisia absinthium chemical found in wormwood) arefrom London to Barcelona over the past - or wormwood. Also used in absinthe subject to safety checks. Bianca Miraglia,couple of years. Although Catalans and once feared for its mostly mythical of Uncouth Vermouth in Brooklyn, foralways kept a bottle on the shelves in hallucinogenic effects. example, uses other artemisia speciescase someone’s grandmother popped in in her fruity-flavoured vermouths and sofor a glass of vermouth garnished with Miguel Angel Vacquer, who owns does Oregon State’s Imbue Bittersweeta lemon twist, Barcelona kicked off the Casa Mariol near Barcelona’s Sagrada Vermouth made with pinot gris grapes.recent global vermouth renaissance. Familia cathedral, has become a rovingVermuterias, as vermouth bars are known ambassador for Catalan vermouths. He The Europeans are firm, though, thatin Spanish, now dot the city from the visited New York and London to spread such names can be labelled aperitifhip-as Madame Jasmine - transgender the word about “grower vermouths” wine but never vermouth. Maidenii, oneBarbie dolls and zebra print wallpaper to some of the Anglosphere’s most of Australia’s leading artisan vermouths,are the main design features - to Botega influential bartenders. Other Catalan incorporates wormwood but Regal Rogue1900, owned by Albert Adria, brother of vermouth producers from the main Bianco uses a mix of Australian nativeFerran of Ell Bulli fame. producing areas of Taragona and Reus ingredients for its aromatics. It should be are following suit. an interesting battle if the vermouth trend Although vermouth’s modern history continues to gain traction.is linked with Italy and France, wine The Italians are riding the newfortified with herbs dates back to cure- vermouth wave, too. Martini, helmedalls concocted by Hippocrates. The by a member of the Cuban Bacardi rumSpaniards are dab hands at blending family, celebrated its 150th anniversarytheir own versions, often called vino last year. One of the standout releasesaromatizado to avoid the spirits tax on to mark the milestone was Martinivermouth, and dozens of distilleries Gran Lusso, a limited run of 150,000throughout Catalonia boast secret herbal bottles inspired by a recipe fromblends added to white wine, sugar and 1904. A worthy follow-up to the best-an extra dollop of alcohol. For more selling Martini Gold, flavoured withthan a century, as in France and Italy, myrrh and saffron, with a label designedvermouth was viewed as a great aperitif. by Dolce & Gabbana.next issue: So who will take out the World’s Greatest Shiraz/Syrah title in our ultimate challenge? Stay tuned to find out! We also feature the regions of the Yarra Valley & Southern Victoria, River Regions from around Australia and Central Otago (NZ). Plus, semillon & blends, and the latest new releases.154 W I N E S TAT E July/August 2014

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