Herbs and barks traditionally used in red vermouths like cardamom and quassia are used in this New York offering produced with North Fork Chardonnay and New York apple brandy. It also features a blend of roots, spices, flowers, seeds and pods not usually associated with vermouth, including wild celery, Japanese shitake and nigella, cold-steeped along with dark caramel hand-spun from earthy Indian Muscovado by an artisan chocolatier. Purposefully not very sweet or bitter, it’s produced in small batches and can be sipped neat or used in cocktails.