El Bandarra Al Fresco - Barcelona Aperitivo, Drink with Tonic or as a Spritz, Bittersweet, Alternative to Pink Gin, Notes of Grapefruit and Mediterranean Botanicals - 1 Litre Bottle, 14% ABV

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Alex: So, there are some tapas and expressions, like salud and caramba, so different expressions that you will hear if you go to “La Hora del Vermut. Perennially popular across Europe for centuries, many household names – including Campari and Aperol – continue to use the same sacred recipes, but there’s also a new wave of producers who have set out to shake up the status quo. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Exporting cultural traditions is not an easy task; it is made slightly simpler when that tradition revolves around drinking. For a Venetian Spritz par excellence, follow the ratio of 3 parts prosecco, two parts Select, one part soda and top with a buttery Nocellara olive.

Alex Virgili, General Manager of El Bandarra, had me longing for La Hora del Vermut, and it wasn’t even the weekend. Amongst the range, there is also the Bandarra Spritz — a refreshing long drink that offers guests that Barcelona-by-the-beach feeling. The folks behind the expression recommend a simple signature serve of Al Fresco and tonic, and don't skip on a good wedge of orange for the garnish.A Spritz is simply made,” says Luca Missaglia, Italian bartending legend and the managing partner of aperitivo brand Amaro Santoni. I love vermouth Rojo, but I have to say that many, some days when I arrive at home, I like to drink something refreshing Al Fresco, it’s amazing.

This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. If you’ve been to any rooftop or riverside haunt when Britain hits the balmy temperature heights of 12 degrees – hell, even if you haven’t – then you’ll know that the most popular way to serve an apéritif (think: Aperol or Campari) is with soda and a citrus wedge. El Bandarra Vermut Red is made with Macabeo and Xarel·lo grapes plus more than 50 extracts of herbs, flowers and spices such as cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, liquorice, aniseed, camomile, rosemary, bay leaf, hops and bitter orange – rested in oak barrels before bottling at 15% ABV.The vermouths are made with grapes from the Virgili Bros vineyard at Casa Berger, near Barcelona in the Alt Penedès, which has been in continuous operation since 1878 and was bought by the Virgili family in 1962. But while the Aperol spritz is undeniably the most popular in the UK, many European countries and regions have their own versions, from the more bitter Campari, white aperitifs, vermouths and more.

What was your thinking and how long did it take to get the first thing in the bottle that you liked? As I told you, if we’re Catalonia, we sell the screen-printed bottles in Catalan and for the rest of Spain, we sell it in Spanish. ElBandarraisa range of refreshing, natural Barcelona-inspired aperitifs that include a red vermouth, a white vermouth, and a bittersweet Al Fresco aperitivo. There are no surprises here, just a perfectly mixed Campari and soda (in winningly dinky glass bottles), designed to be served over ice with a wedge of orange. Born on the sunny shores of Barcelona, El Bandarra is as refreshing as beating the queues at La Sagrada Familia (one can dream).We pick the grapes at the winery, then we crush the grapes and pump the entire grapes into our press. Virgili Bros has a mission to “challenge the uptight nature of the drinks business by creating original and enjoyable concepts” such as its El Bandarra Vermut range.

But I have to say that even from all from our learnings, mainly in the UK market, we tried to push the serve as how we drink it in Barcelona or in Madrid or all over Spain. Created by three brothers from the Virgili family, owners of the 19-century Casa Berger winery,El Bandarra Al Fresco is made with a base of grenache wine and flavored with Mediterranean botanicals like licorice, mint, rose and citrus fruits. To help you tap into your Spritz intuition, here are our pro tips - featuring expert input from Luca, of course.While Italy’s Aperol Spritz may be the unofficial warm-weather cocktail of spring and summer, there are plenty of other bubbly aperitifs from around the globe to sip this season. Make no mistake, bergamot takes centre stage in this Italian liqueur, but the welcome addition of chamomile, lavender, lemon balm work to create a complex apéritif that had our testing panel coming back for seconds. This Italian tradition has taken off around the world, because who doesn’t love a cheeky pre-dinner cocktail? Born into a wine-making family, he and his brother are on a mission to make wine-drinking fun by taking those traditions of the past and reinventing them to enjoy today.