This summer’s drink isn’t a 12-ingredient cocktail; it’s vermouth and soda. Bartenders who spent years watching customers reach for the same handful of spirits now pour a lightly fortified wine, topped with sparkling water and finished with olives. The drink delivers an easy afternoon pour inspired by European aperitivo hour, and American bars are only catching up.
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