Vermouth, Cool Monks and Wormwood

Yesterday, we bought a bottle of traditional vermouth from Italy for £2.99. I remember drinking it as a teenager with lemonade and lemon. The bottle states that it was the Franciscan Monks that originally developed Vermouth.

Apparently, the word Vermouth in German is Vermut = Wormwood. [1, 2]

One could say that the  Vermouth arrived and so did the wormwood. Wormwood is also known as Mugwort and is used as a flower essence for healing. There is a lot more about Wormwood in the biblical sense on the ELIAKIM blog. [3]

However, let us continue with the fun...

I am sure that many of you remember the catch line.

"Any time, any place, Any where, that's Martini"





1. http://www.thedrinkshop.com/pages/pagetext.php?pg_name=vermouthhistory
2. http://www.word-origins.com/definition/vermouth.html
3. http://academysounds.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-wormwood.html