527350 Mon Jun 09 12:58:56 -0700 2008 5 34 Wine 0 3764074 a friend was tossing a full bottle of cinzano before she moved. what can i make with this stuff? any suggestions? Mon Jun 09 12:58:58 -0700 2008 48024 oystersallday 1 3764413 1. a Negroni: 2 parts Gin, 1 part Sweet Vermouth(this is the Cinzano,if it's the red) 1 part Campari. mix over ice in a double old fashioned glass and garnish with an orange slice. 2.Americano-same minus the Gin. 3.Serve on the rocks with an orange slice and a splash of soda. 4.make a Manhattan 3 parts Rye 1 part sweet vermouth, a dash of bitters, stir over ice and serve up with a cherry. Now the bad news. If your friend has had the bottle for a while and it hasn't been refrigeraasted, it very well may be oxidizeed, and no good. taste it;If the taste is clean spicy and somewhat sweet, it's okay. If it has a sherry taste or muddy flavors, pitch it. note; if it's dry(white) , same rule re pitching, except no sweet notes. drinks;1. Martini-3 parts gin ( plymouth or Hendricks are my preferred) 1 part verouth, 1 dash orange bitters. stirr on ice until very cold. strain into martini glass and serve with lemon twist. 2.Dry Manhattan- 3 parts good rye or bourbon Sazerac, Hirsh rye or Van winkle or Woodford Bourbon 1 part dry vermouth, stir over ice ans strain into cocktail glass and serve with lemon twist or spanish olive. 3.Aperitif francais(sort of my own invention, from drink I had in Provence) in a rocks glass fill with ice, 2/3 with dry vermouth, 1 oz of grand marnier, and fill with soda. garnish with orange, preferably blood orange slice. Mon Jun 09 14:17:40 -0700 2008 3764074 106255 chazzerking 1 3764435 rosso or blanco? perhaps most common are - blanco: martinis rosso: manhattan Mon Jun 09 14:21:48 -0700 2008 3764074 22016 Pincho 2 3766201 First of all, in Italian, it's "rosso" or "bianco" (not "blanco"). HOWEVER, it's the French who invented dry (white) vermouth, and so the range of Cinzano Vermouth (and those of Martini & Rossi, for that matter) include a "Rosso," a "Bianco," AND an "Extra Dry." The Rosso is a sweet red vermouth; the Bianco is a sweet (off-dry) white vermouth; and the Extra Dry is the (originally) French style of very dry white vermouth. It is the Extra Dry, and not the Bianco, which is used in the classic dry Martini. In addition, Cinzano also produces a Vermouth Rosé. Also worth noting is that more Vermouth is consumed straight in Europe, rather than in cocktails as it is in the US. Finally, although all of us are assuming that the Cinzano the OP is referring to is a Vermouth (a wine, by the way, not a spirit), one should remember that Cinzano also produces a range of sparkling wines, from its famous Asti Spumante to its bone-dry Brut and Rosé. Tue Jun 10 07:11:23 -0700 2008 3764435 28122 zin1953 1 3765760 Negroni: http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_detail?id=3430 Americano: vers 1 (with a splash of soda water): http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_detail?id=2612 vers 2: http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_detail?id=4061 Bronx: vers1: http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_detail?id=2810 vers2: http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_detail?id=4122 Click here and fill in the ingredients you have and you may find a cocktail http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_search for example: Vermouth (instead of writing cinzano write vermouth) and Vodka you get these results: http://www.cocktaildb.com/recipe_results also which Cinzano do you have? In order from sweetest to driest Rosso (AKA Red vermouth, Sweet Vermouth or Italian Vermouth), or Bianco (medium sweet white wine based vermouth) or Extra Dry (AKA French Vermouth, Blanc Vermouth and White Vermouth ) this is more generally for Martinis & mixing w/ Gin and Vodka Mon Jun 09 23:05:29 -0700 2008 3764074 178360 Faune 2 3769465 thanks for all these great recipes. the bottle is a fully refrigerated cinzano bianco. the heat wave over here has proved to be the perfect time to experiment. Wed Jun 11 05:44:05 -0700 2008 3765760 48024 oystersallday