Averill Creek Vermouth

Vancouver Island vermouth made from BC grapes, which means it carries enough local character to stand apart from the Italian imports. Sip it over ice before the meal, or bring it back at the end alongside a cheese board where its herbal bitterness does the work a dessert wine usually would.

Averill Creek is a winery on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, best known for Pinot Noir and other cool-climate varietals grown on its estate vineyard near Duncan in the Cowichan Valley.

Vermouth is a fortified, aromatized wine, a base wine strengthened with neutral spirit and infused with botanicals, typically including wormwood alongside herbs, roots and spices. Specific botanical recipes and production details are not widely published. This is a 750 ml bottle.

It is used in a Negroni or Manhattan, sipped lightly chilled as an aperitif, or served over ice with a citrus garnish.