About This Style
What These Profiles Represent
Under U.S. TTB wine standards, vermouth is a type of aperitif wine compounded from grape wine and having the taste, aroma, and characteristics generally attributed to vermouth. TTB guidance also describes aperitif wine as at least 15% ABV, made from grape wine with added brandy or alcohol and herbs or other natural aromatic flavoring materials.
European Commission materials classify vermouth within aromatised wine products, and the Vermouth di Torino Consortium documents a protected Turin/Piedmont geographical indication governed by a production rulebook. The consortium describes Vermouth di Torino as an aromatized wine linked to Piedmont producers, Turin, Artemisia species, wine, sugar or grape-derived sweetening, and botanical extracts.
Producer sources show why the database contains both Italian and French examples. Martini traces Martini & Rossi to Turin in 1863, Noilly Prat identifies Marseillan in southern France and white wines macerated with herbs and spices, and Dolin documents the Chambery vermouth tradition. U.S. records in the profile set include California and New York producers such as Lo-Fi Aperitifs, Quady Winery, Gallo, and Taylor.
The active DUI Professional vermouth profile set has 17 public records. Its average is useful for screening and documentation, but For BAC simulation, use the selected drink record, actual pour volume, and product ABV rather than treating the subtype average as a consumed-drink value.
