Ve.N.To
Grappa, honey and chamomile.
The first grappa-based cocktail on the IBA list: smooth white grappa, lemon, honey and chamomile. A delicate, floral sour that pays tribute to the distilling tradition of north-eastern Italy.
- IBA · New Era
- Aperitif
- Shaken
- Glass
- Rocks glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Strength
- Medium
- Time
- 4 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ice
- Cubes
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Grappa
45 ml
-
Lemon juice
22.5 ml
-
Honey syrup
15 ml
-
Chamomile cordial
15 ml
-
Egg white (optional)
to taste
Garnish
- Lemon twist
- Green grape
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a small tumbler.
- Fill a shaker with ice.
- Pour the grappa.
- Add the lemon juice.
- Add the honey mix.
- Add the chamomile cordial.
- Optionally add a few drops of egg white.
- Shake vigorously.
- Fill the chilled tumbler with ice.
- Strain into the tumbler.
- Garnish with lemon zest and white grapes.
The story
Origins
DocumentedOrigin attested by written sources of the time.
Ve.N.To was devised by Italian bartenders Samuele Ambrosi, vice president of AIBES, and Leonardo Veronesi as part of the Grappa Revolution promotional project. The name is an acronym joining Veneto and Trentino, regions historically tied to grappa, and also echoes the Italian word 'vento', wind. The aim was to present grappa as Italy's signature spirit, pairing it with honey along well-established lines. It became the first grappa-based cocktail on the official IBA list, in the New Era category: according to Wikipedia in the list published in 2020, and it was already described as an IBA cocktail by September 2021. The sources consulted do not give an exact creation date.
Sources (5)
- Dissapore — Grappa: per la prima volta un cocktail a base del distillato entra nella Lista Mondiale dei Cocktail (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- Cocktail Society — The Ve.n.to Cocktail (opens in a new tab) recipe and history
- IBA — Ve.N.To (opens in a new tab) recipe
- Dissapore — Il Ve.N.To, primo drink a base di grappa, entra nell'Olimpo dei bartender (opens in a new tab) history
- Wikipedia — Ve.n.to (opens in a new tab) history
Taste profile
- Sweet
- 3 out of 5
- Herbal
- 3 out of 5
- Citrus
- 3 out of 5
- Sour
- 3 out of 5
- Fresh
- 2 out of 5
