Yini ehlanganisa uMarcelo Mastroiani, u-Annie Girardot, uGeorge Clooney, isithandwa se-movie se-James Bond? Ukuthandwa okujwayelekile kuMartini. Bonke bayakuthanda lokhu kuphuza, futhi bayayithanda kwabanye. Ngenxa yabantu abanjalo abadumile, uMartini uye waba yisibonakaliso sokuphumelela nobuhle.
Kunezindawo eziningi emhlabeni lapho abakwa-winemakers benza khona amawayini anamandla ane-flavour ezahlukene, kodwa yiPiedmont ethathwa njengendawo yokuzalwa ye-vermouth nomholi owaziwayo ekukhiqizeni lesi siphuzo. Le ndawo enhle kakhulu enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Italy. Izintaba eziphakeme, amachibi ajulile, amahle amancane asePiedmont emangalisa ngobuhle bawo. Lona indawo lapho iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu nengxenye yonke imikhuba yokugubha i-winemaking iye yagcinwa ngokucophelela.Yini eyenza isisekelo se-vermouth, sinikeza ukunambitheka okunjalo okuhlukile, komuntu, okuhlanjululwayo, okunambitheka, nephunga? Kuhlanganisa izitshalo, izitshalo ezivela emakhambi, izinongo, utshwala noshukela (inani elincane), izinhlobo ezahlukene zewayini. Kuyaziwa ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwe-vermouth kuhlanganisa izingxenye ezingu-42, kunezitshalo eziningi ezinamakha, kanye newayini elimhlophe elimhlophe. Ekuqaleni, i-vermouth yenziwa kuphela iwayini elimhlophe, elimhlophe elimhlophe, lapho iphesenti elincane lama-tannin, kodwa namuhla ngokuvamile lisebenzisa izinhlobo zombili zamagilebhisi ezibomvu nezibomvu. Indawo yokuqala ihlala ngokufanele "yi-catarrato" ne "trebbiano".
Amagciwane ayevame ukwenza i-vermouth akhule kuphela ezinqabeni zePiedmont, kodwa kuwo wonke umhlaba. Ukusuka eFrance kwaletha i-gentian, eSri Lanka yaletha isinamoni elimnandi, elalivela eMadagascar, ephuma eMorocco i-roses, umlotha omhlophe owavela esiqhingini saseKrethe, owavela eJamaica, evela e-Bahamas cascarillus, ephuza ubumnandi, kodwa uthola umhlonyane unika isiphuzo ngokumnandi kakhulu kanye nesenzo esibuhlungu. Igama elithi "iwayini lomhlonyane" (i-Wermut wein) lakhiwa yi-herbalist yase-Italy (herbarista) u-Alessio, owokuzalwa wasePiedmont, owayekhonza egcekeni leNkosi yaseBavaria. NgesiJalimane, igama elithi "vermouth" lisho umhlonyane. Ukunambitheka okumnandi kwe-vermouth kunikezwa futhi yi-oki, i-tansy, i-shandra, i-cinchona bark.
I-vermouth edume kakhulu yi-Martini. Ukuyingqayizivele, ukuhlukaniswa komuntu siqu, ukungaqiniseki komkhiqizo ngamunye waseMartini kunqunywa kakhulu ngokuhlanganiswa kwamagilebhisi, izimbali, amaqabunga, izimpande, amagxolo wemithi enomsindo, njengokungalingani nokuhlanganiswa kwazo, okugcinwa ekusithekeni okuqinile kakhulu. I-Martini iyiphuzo eliyinkimbinkimbi, elinama-multi-faceted. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-vermouth kuyinkimbinkimbi, isikhathi esiningi, inqubo ende, kodwa umphumela uyakufaneleka. Kodwa-ke, ochwepheshe bathi ngisho noma zonke izingxenye zikaMartini ziyaziwa ngokuzumayo, ngakho-ke akunakwenzeka ukuphinda ukunambitheka kwayo. Ukukhiqizwa kweMartini kubalulekile ukwenza kahle i-bouquet, ukugcina iphunga, ubuhle bokunambitheka kwamakhambi, izinongo. Konke okuphathelene nokutshala izitshalo, ukomisa kwabo, ukuthola ukukhishwa okuvela kuzo kuhambisana ngokuqondile nezindlela zokupheka. Zonke izinqubo ezinkampanini ekwenzeni i-vermouth zihlolwe ngabachwepheshe, abaphathi bemikhumbi yabo.
Lesi siphuzo esilungisiwe, esiphuzile sinqobile umhlaba wonke. I-Martini ingadakwa ngendlela yayo ehlanzekile, ayidingi ukudla okulula, ngaphandle kwamaphaphu. UVermouth ingahlanjululwa ngeqhwa, amanzi, ijusi, i-vodka. Zithakazelisa nge-flavour yabo ekhethekile nezakhiwo ezimnandi, ngesisekelo sabo senziwe ama-cocktails ahlukahlukene, inani lawo elingenakubalwa namuhla.
Ngo-1925, okokuqala ngqa ngemva kweMbukiso Wezobuciko Zokuhlobisa E-Paris, umphakathi jikelele wanikezwa ingilazi yeMartini. Unomuthi omncane, omude, ukuvikela isiphuzo ekushiseni kwezandla, futhi wandisa kuze kube phezulu, isimo se-conical. Esigodini esinjengalezi, bathululela ama-cocktails ngokuyisisekelo, bathululela phezulu nge-centimeter.