Martini is a brand of Italian

Italy

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 vermouth

Vermouth

Vermouth is a fortified wine flavored with various dry ingredients. The modern versions of the beverage were first produced around the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Italy and France...

, named after the Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi is an Italian multinational alcoholic beverage company primarily associated with the Martini brand of vermouth and also with sparkling wine . It also produces the French vermouth, Noilly Prat.-History:...

 Distilleria Nazionale di Spirito di Vino, in Turin

Turin

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From within the Distilleria emerged Alessandro Martini

Alessandro Martini

Alessandro Martini was an Italian businessman, founder of one of the most important vermouth companies in the world, Martini & Rossi, which produces the Martini vermouth....

, Luigi Rossi and Teofilo Sola. They changed the company name to Martini, Sola & Cia in 1863 and it was in 1879 that the Sola family sold its interests to the remaining partners who renamed the company Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi

Martini & Rossi is an Italian multinational alcoholic beverage company primarily associated with the Martini brand of vermouth and also with sparkling wine . It also produces the French vermouth, Noilly Prat.-History:...

, as it stands today.

In 1892 the business was taken over by Rossi's four sons: control passed to his grandsons in 1930. In 1929 the Martini Ball & Bar logo was registered for the first time. Restructuring was carried out in 1977 resulting in the creation of the General Beverage Corporation. In 1992 Martini & Rossi merged with Bacardi

Bacardi

Bacardi is a family-controlled spirits company, best known as a producer of rums, including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151. The company sells in excess of 200 million bottles per year in nearly 100 countries...

. "Martini is the world's fourth most powerful "spirit" brand" according to a survey of the situation in 2006.

Drinks

Martini is made from four ingredients: wine, botanicals, sugar and alcohol.

• Martini Rosso - 1863
• Martini Extra Dry - This was launched on New Year's Day
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  1900
• Martini Bianco - 1910
• Martini Rosato
• Martini D’Oro - 1998
• Martini Fiero
• Martini Soda
• Martini Riserva Monterela
• Martini Bitter
• Martini Brut
• Martini Rosé
• Martini Dolce
• Martini Prosecco
• Martini Asti