Back in 2015, husband and wife team, Quinn and Michela, started a small soda company called Rootside producing a line of soda syrups made with fresh and whole ingredients. After diving into the wonderful world of botanical research through Rootside, they developed a love-affair with Vermouth and all things apéritif. They spent the next 2.5 years deep-diving into botanicals, recipe development and mead making, and their flagship Rosso Vermouth was launched in July 2019. In 2020, their Rosso Vermouth won Gold at the San Francisco World Spirit Awards, and in 2021, their Rosso Vermouth, Dry Vermouth and Kina-Rouge all took home the coveted Double-Gold Award. Since then, they’ve added a third style of Vermouth (Bianco) to their flagship as well as a number of seasonal aperitifs including Kina-Salal, Bitter Red, and Limoncello. In 2023 they won World’s Best Dry Vermouth and World’s Best Semi-Sweet Vermouth for their Dry and Rosso Vermouths, respectively, at the World Vermouth Awards in London, UK.
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