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5218 Lawton Avenue
Oakland, CA 94114

510-654-9159

Oliver McCrum Wines has been importing small production Italian wine and distributing to fine retail and restaurant establishes throughout California since 1994. Over time, our portfolio of producers has steadily grown to over 45 producers from 15 different regions of Italy. We look for typical Italian wines with clarity and freshness, usually made from indigenous Italian grape varieties using clean, transparent winemaking techniques and no obvious use of oak. 

Cocktails

Filtering by Category: Vermouth Cocktails

Ragazzo della Isola

Michele Boscia

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Raggazo della Isola

2 oz Macchia Bianco Vermouth
2 oz Amara Rossa
Lemon wedge

Build in glass, add ice and lemon wedge,
squeeze the juice from the lemon wedge
into the cocktail and swirl/stir until acid is
integrated. Strain into coupe, serve up. Leave the wedge in the cocktail.

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categories Amaro, Amaro Cocktails, Classic Cocktails, Macchia, Macchia Bianco Vermouth, Lemon, Mi-To, milano-torino, Rossa, Rossa Amara, Vermouth Cocktails

Diplomat

Michele Boscia

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Diplomat

1.5 oz Bordiga Dry Vermouth
.5 oz Fred Jerbis Vermut25
.25 oz Amara Rossa
2 dash Orange Bitters

Build in an Old Fashioned glass or bucket glass, add ice, stir briefly to chill. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel

Recipe courtesy Craig Lane of Bar Agricole, San Francisco (@baragricole)

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categories Amaro, Amaro Cocktails, Bordiga, Bordiga Extra Dry Vermouh, Classic Cocktails, Bartender, Craig Lane, Bar Agricole, Vermouth Cocktails, Rossa Amara, Rossa, orange bitters, Low ABV, Fred Jerbis Vermut 25, Fred Jerbis

Pirchiriano

Michele Boscia

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Pirchiriano

2 oz Bordiga Occitan Gin
.75 oz Bordiga Chiot Amaro
.25 oz Bordiga Bianco Vermouth
1 Dash Bittermen's Boston Bittahs
2 cucumber slices

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, bruise cucumbers. add ice and stir. Strain into a coupe glass, garnish with lemon twist.

Recipe courtesy David Kinsey of KINDRED, San Diego (@thebaldbarkeep, @barkindred)

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categories Bordiga Occitan Gin, Bordiga, Bordiga Bianco Vermouth, Gin, Cucumber, David Kinsey, Bar Kindred, Amaro, Amaro Cocktails, Bartender, Bordiga Chiot Amaro, Vermouth Cocktails

Bordiga Excelsior Milano-Torino

Michele Boscia

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Bordiga Excelsior Milano-Torino

1.5 oz Bordiga Vermouth Riserva Excelsior
1.5 oz Liquore delle Sirene Bitter

build in glass over ice, down, 1/2 orange wheel*

*we recommend giving the orange wheel a squeeze on it’s way in

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categories milano-torino, Mi-To, Vermouth Cocktails, Low ABV, Bordiga, Bordiga Vermouth Riserva, Bordiga Excelsior, Sirene, Liquore Sirene Bitter, Orange

Macchia Bianco Corpse Reviver #2

Michele Boscia

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Corpse Reviver

#2

absinthe rinse
1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 oz Macchia Vermouth Bianco
1 oz Bordiga Occitan Gin
0.25 oz Bresca Dorada Arangiu
0.25 Rossa Amara

shake, strain into a coupe, lemon twist

*Rossa Amara and Bresca Dorada Arangiù are a combined substitution for orange liqueur here. It’s fun to layer the complexity of Amara with the pure Sarrabus orange expression of Arangiù, however both are excellent stand alone substitutions.

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categories Absinthe, Macchia Bianco Vermouth, Bordiga Occitan Gin, Bresca Dorada Arangiu, Rossa Amara, Lemon, Vermouth Cocktails, Bordiga, Bresca Dorada, Macchia, Rossa