Martini (vermouth)

[[File:Martini Extra Dry 7408.jpg|thumb|150px|Martini Extra Dry]]

[[File:Martini Extra Dry 7408.jpg|thumb|150px|Martini Extra Dry]]

'''Martini''' is a brand of Italian drinks, named after the [[Martini & Rossi]] Distilleria Nazionale di Spirito di Vino, in [[Turin]].

'''Martini''' is a good drink.

==History==

==History==

Clemente Michel, Carlo Re, Carlo Agnelli and Eligio Baudino started the company in 1847, as a vermouth bottling plant in [[Chieri|Pessione]] (A small village near [[Turin]]). A few years later [[Alessandro Martini]] joined the team, becoming the director in 1863 along with Teofilo Sola and Luigi Rossi (who was the inventor of a vermouth). In 1863, th the firm was awarded several prizes, which are still recorded on the bottles: Dublin (1865), Paris (1867 and 1878), Vienna (1873) and Philadelphia (1876). Just thirty years after its creation, Martini was available in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Egypt and other countries. In 1879, the Sola family sold its interests to the remaining partners, who renamed the company [[Martini & Rossi]], as it stands today.

Clemente Michel, Carlo Re, Carlo Agnelli and Eligio Baudino started the company in 1847, as a vermouth bottling plant in [[Chieri|Pessione]] (A small village near [[Turin]]). A few years later [[Alessandro Martini]] joined the team, becoming the director in 1863 along with Teofilo Sola and Luigi Rossi (who was the inventor of a vermouth). In 1863, they changed the company name to Martini, Sola & Cia. They started exporting bottles of [[vermouth]] around the world. New York city was given its first crates in 1867. At the time the firm was awarded several prizes, which are still recorded on the bottles: Dublin (1865), Paris (1867 and 1878), Vienna (1873) and Philadelphia (1876). Just thirty years after its creation, Martini was available in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Egypt and other countries. In 1879, the Sola family sold its interests to the remaining partners, who renamed the company [[Martini & Rossi]], as it stands today.

The brand may have given the American [[martini (cocktail)|martini]] vermouth and gin cocktail its name (an early recipe for which is known from 1888), though other speculations on the cocktail's etymology exist.[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=martini Martini at the online etymology dictionary]{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-06-19 |title=Shaken or Stirred? A Short History to Celebrate National Martini Day |url=https://philly.thedrinknation.com/articles/read/13038-Shaken-or-Stirred-A-Short-History-to-Celebrate-National-Martini-Day |accessdate=25 July 2019}}

The brand may have given the American [[martini (cocktail)|martini]] vermouth and gin cocktail its name (an early recipe for which is known from 1888), though other speculations on the cocktail's etymology exist.[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=martini Martini at the online etymology dictionary]{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-06-19 |title=Shaken or Stirred? A Short History to Celebrate National Martini Day |url=https://philly.thedrinknation.com/articles/read/13038-Shaken-or-Stirred-A-Short-History-to-Celebrate-National-Martini-Day |accessdate=25 July 2019}}