Building a home bar with a versatile mixing cognac

Fruit-based tarts — particularly apricot or peach — echo the wine's stone fruit character

This cognac rewards neat sipping in a tulip glass at room temperature

citrus-forward take on the Paloma

Patrón Silver is one of the most widely used premium blancos in cocktails

Carpano Classico Sweet Vermouth premixed-cocktails Building a home bar withCarpano Classico Sweet Vermouth is an Italian sweet vermouth bottled at 16% ABV (1L) built on the original 1786 recipe credited as the first commercial vermouth ever made. It earned 95 points from the International Review of Spirits and remains a benchmark for the category nearly two and a half centuries after its creation. Quick Facts: ABV: 16% Origin: Milan, Italy (Piedmont Sicilian base wines) Sweet Vermouth Producer: Fratelli Branca Distillerie S.