vermouth cassis

Greene details a delicious roster of these long, bubbly, often bittersweet drinks — like the Vermouth Cassis — which already had a place in the culture.

Reinhart is "housefather" in Winona's luxury apartment, sipping a vermouth cassis�he has forsaken his customary tumblers of bourbon�and garnering a local reputation for the classical cuisine.

And to sippers of vermouth cassis on the boulevards it was also acceptable because it seemed gay, true.