Yintoni edibanisa uMarcelo Mastroiani, u-Annie Girardot, uGeorge Clooney, iqhawe lika-James Bond elidumile? Uthando olubanzi kuMartini. Bonke bayayithanda le siselo, kwaye bayayithanda kwabanye. Siyabulela abantu abadumileyo, iMartini sele iguqule ibe ngumqondiso wempumelelo kunye nobuhle.
Kukho iindawo ezininzi kwiindawo apho abaqhubi be-winemakers benza iinqaba eziqingqiweyo ezinamaphupha ahlukeneyo, kodwa yiPiedmont ethathwa njengendawo yokuzalwa ye-vermouth kunye nenkokheli eyaziwayo ekuvelweni kwesi siselo. Le ndawo yindawo ebonakalayo enyakatho-ntshona yeItali. Iintaba eziphakamileyo, amachibi aphantsi, iindawo ezihle kakhulu zasePiedmont zimangalise ngobuhle bayo. Le yindawo apho iinqununu ze-winemaking zigcinwe ngokugqithiseleyo.Yintoni eyenza isiseko se-vermouth, sinika into ekhethekileyo, eyedwa, ecocekileyo, epholileyo kunye nephunga? Iquka izitshixo, izitshalo ezisuka kwimifuno, iziqholo, utywala kunye noshukela (isixa esincinci), iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zewayini. Kuyaziwa ukuba ukwakhiwa kwe-vermouth kubandakanya izixhobo ezingama-42, zinezityalo ezininzi ezinothileyo, kunye newayini elimhlophe elomileyo. Ekuqaleni, i-vermouth yenziwa kuphela kwiwayini elitsha, elincinci lewayini elimhlophe, apho ipesenti encinci yamatanini, kodwa namhlanje ngokuqhelekileyo isebenzisa iindidi zombini ezibomvu nezibomvu. Indawo yokuqala ibanjwe ngokufanelekileyo "yi-catarrato" kunye ne "trebbiano".
Iingcingo zisebenzise ukwenza i-vermouth ikhule kungekhona kwinqanaba lePededmont, kodwa kwihlabathi lonke. Ukusuka eFransi kwazisa i-gentian, eSri Lanka yazisa i-cinnamon ephosakeleyo, evela eMadagascar, ephuma eMorocco iroses, umlotha omhlophe owavela kwisiqithi saseKrethe, i-cassock yaseJamaica, evela e-Bahamas cascarillus, isinika isiselo esiphumileyo, kodwa siphuca umhlonyane sinika isiselo esinomlilo kunye nobuhlungu. Igama elithi "iwayini lomhlonyane" (iWermut wein) laqulunqwa yi-Italian herbalist (herbarista) uAlessio, owokuzalwa wasePiedmont, owayekhonza enkundleni kaKumkani waseBavaria. NgeJamani, igama elithi "vermouth" lithetha umhlonyane. Ingcamango enomonakalo ye-vermouth nayo inikwe i-oki, i-tansy, i-shandra, i-cinchona bark.
I-vermouth edume kakhulu yiMartini. Ubungcali, uqobo lwabantu, ukungaqiniseki kolunye uhlobo lweMartini aluxhomekekanga ngokuhlanganiswa kweemifuno, iintyatyambo, iziqhamo, iingcambu, imiphunga yemithi enqabileyo, njengendlela yokulinganisa kunye nokulungelelaniswa, okugcinwa kwindawo eyimfihlo kakhulu. I-Martini iyisiselo esiyinkimbinkimbi, esininzi. Imveliso ye-vermouth yinkxalabo, ixesha elide, inkqubo eninzi, kodwa umphumo ufanelekile. Nangona kunjalo, iingcali zithi ukuba nangona zonke izixhobo zeMartini ziyaziwa ngokukhawuleza, ke akunakwenzeka ukuphinda ukuphinda. Ukuveliswa kweMartini kubalulekile ukuba wenze i-bouquet ngokufanelekileyo, ukugcina iphunga, ubunjani beentlobo zemifuno, iziqholo. Zonke ezichaphazela ukulima kwezityalo, ukuma kwazo, ukufumana izicatshulwa kuzo zihambelana ngqo neendlela zokupheka. Zonke iinkqubo kwinkampani yokuvelisa i-vermouth zihlolwe ngabachwephesha, abaphathi bemisebenzi yabo.
Olu lungiselelo, isiselo esithambileyo siye sabunqoba ihlabathi lonke. I-Martini inokunxila kwindlela yayo ecocekileyo, ayifuni i-snacks, ngaphandle kwemiphunga. I-Vermouth ingahlaziywa ngeqhwa, amanzi, ijusi, i-vodka. Ziyathakazelisa ukunambitheka kwazo okhethekileyo kunye nezakhiwo ezinamakha, ngokusekelwe kwazo zenziwe ngeefotjhi ezahlukeneyo, inani lalo alikwazi ukubala namhlanje.
Ngomnyaka we-1925, ngokokuqala ngqa emva kweMiboniso yamazwe ngamaZwe ezoBugcisa eParis, uluntu jikelele lwaziswa ngeglasi kwiMartini. Inomqolo omncinci, omde, ukukhusela isiselo ekutshiseni kwezandla, kwaye wandisa ukuya phezulu, ifom. Kulo glasi, bathululela i-cocktail, bathululela phezulu malunga neyentimitha.