Piedmont, Italy. Bordiga was started in 1888 by Pietro Bordiga, a bartender in Torino. Bianco Vermouth was Pietro’s first recipe, created in 1888, and is still in use today

This classic vermouth type is based on Piedmontese white wines, including Moscato and Cortese, and infused with a wide range of different botanicals, many of them grown in the Occitan Alps near the winery. The flavor of this vermouth is complex and vivid, with an excellent balance of sweetness and bitterness. Some vermouths taste strongly of a single botanical, but the interplay of components here is distinctive and delicious. We drink it with a splash of soda water as an aperitivo, and you should too.