Vermouth seminar by Philip Duff at Imbibe Live 2018 in London.

1. Six Vermouths

2. Your Humble Servant
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8. EU Reg 251/2014
- artemisia must be used
- must be fortified with alcohol
- can only be sweetened with sugar, sucrose
or must
- must be 75% made of EU-compliant wine
- min. ABV 14%, max. ABV 22%
US TTB Regulation
- Wine-based, must taste like vermouth (!)

9. EU Reg 251/2014: Sugar content & naming rules
(a) 'Extra-dry': sugar content of less than 30 grams per litre;
◦ (b) 'Dry': sugar content of less than 50 grams per litre;
◦ (c) 'Semi-dry': sugar content between 50 and 90 grams per litre;
◦ (d) 'Semi-sweet': sugar content between 90 and 130 grams per litre;
◦ (e) 'Sweet': sugar content of more than 130 grams per litre.

10. artemisia absinthium

11. artemisia absinthium

12. Vermouth Classification
The Duff Method©

13. Vermouth Classification
The Duff Method©
1. Sweet, dry, or somewhere in between

14. Vermouth Classification
The Duff Method©
1. Sweet, dry, or somewhere in between
2. Can you taste the wine or not?

15. Vermouth Classification
The Duff Method©
1. Sweet, dry, or somewhere in between
2. Can you taste the wine or not?
3. How much has it been manipulated?

16. Sweet:
Martini Rosso

17. Sweet:
Vermouth del
Professore
alla Vaniglia

18. Dry:
Mancino Secco

19. Dry:
Dolin Dry

20. Blanc/Bianco:
Martini Bianco

21. Blanc/Bianco:
Regal Rogue Lively White

22. Thank you!
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