At Padró i Família, we pay careful attention to each stage of our vermouth-making process, from the tending of our vines to the way we bring our vermouths to you. Even our packaging celebrates the exceptional quality inside the bottle.
In some of our more bitter vermouths, you will taste a botanical that for many, is likely to evoke sensory memories. It may take you back to a moment in your life or evoke other drinks you have tasted. If you sip our Padró & Co. Dorado Amargo Suave...
Vermouth is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages still being drunk today and an increasing number of people are wanting to know more about it. When we think of vermouth here in Spain, we usually associate it with the aperitif, particularly pre-lunch drinks on weekends. However, the possibilities for...
In the tasting notes for red vermouths, there is one botanical that keeps coming up, clove or aromatic clove (Eugenia caryophyllata). This highly aromatic botanical, which tastes very slightly spicy and has a sweet aftertaste is used to make the infusions for both our Padró and Co. Rojo Clásico...
Citrus fruits play a major part in our health due to their vitamin, mineral and fibre content. That’s why we thought it was about time we talked about one of the most widely used citrus fruits in vermouth, the bitter orange. The tree The bitter orange tree, citrus aurantium, is originally...
Vermouth is booming in Spain and for several years now we’ve been hearing that it’s the in-drink; but is it just a fad or is it here to stay? It looks very much as though vermouth is recovering some of the limelight of its belle epoque and is not...
How many times, when ordering vermouth at a bar, have you been served a lovely cool drink on ice with a slice of orange? Almost always, right? Ice, olives and orange slices, not to mention a good squirt directly from the soda syphon are frequently associated with the drinking...
At Padró i Família we use mistela as the base wine for our Padró & Co. Blanco Reserva. But not many people know what mistela is, especially among the younger population who do not come across it very often. Mistela is not exactly a wine, so what then is it? During the grape...
Plants are an integral part of the most ancient medical practices and can be used to treat a multitude of maladies. We have talked previously about the herbs used in vermouth-making and of their importance in assisting digestion. Now we’d like to tell you something about the plants and roots...
Wormwood or Artemisia, in Latin, is the quintessential herb, without which a vermouth quite simply, isn’t a vermouth. The base formula for any drink calling itself vermouth must be 75% wine and wormwood, one of the botanicals used. In fact, the world’s first vermouth, commonly thought to have sprung...
