Greek bitter orange and the warm bitter bite of wormwood and gentian over a sweetened wine base — Roots Divino Rosso is multiple-gold-award–winning Mediterranean sweet vermouth, gently dealcoholized. Drinks like proper Italian rosso, neat over ice with an orange twist.
About Roots Divino
Roots Divino is built by brothers Manos and Nikolas Smyrlakis in Greece's oldest distillery, on the island of Lesvos in the northeast Aegean — 150 years of family distilling experience behind every bottle. Each vermouth starts as a sweetened wine infused and macerated with Greek herbs, then gently dealcoholized via reverse osmosis. Multiple gold-award winners. Family-owned, low calorie, vegan.
Key ingredients
- Sweetened wine base — gently dealcoholized via reverse osmosis.
- Greek bitter orange — the citrus-bitter heart.
- Wormwood + gentian — the classic vermouth bitter backbone.
- Mediterranean herbs — for warm, layered depth.
Good to know
- Wine-based, gently dealcoholized via reverse osmosis.
- Multiple gold-award winning. Made on Lesvos, Greece.
- Low calorie, vegan. Real Mediterranean botanicals.
- Family-owned — Smyrlakis brothers, 150 years of distilling heritage.
How to enjoy
Pour 1.5–2 oz over ice with an orange twist. Use as the vermouth in an AF Negroni (with Pathfinder + AF Aperol-style aperitif), Manhattan riff, or Boulevardier riff. Refrigerate after opening; finish within ~3 months.
Swizzle's Take
The most vermouth-feeling AF vermouth we pour — bitter orange, real botanicals, real wine base. Default for AF Negroni night.
