Vermouth vs. Dubonnet — What's the Difference?

Vermouth (, UK also ) is an aromatized fortified wine, flavoured with various botanicals (roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, and spices) and sometimes colored. The modern versions of the beverage were first produced in the mid- to late 18th century in Turin, Italy.

Dubonnet (UK: , US: , French: [dybɔnɛ]) is a sweet, aromatised wine-based aperitif. It is a blend of fortified wine, herbs, and spices (including a small amount of quinine), with fermentation being stopped by the addition of alcohol.

A sweet or dry fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and used chiefly in mixed drinks.

The reddish purple colour of the apéritif Dubonnet.

A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.

(trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an apertif

A serving of vermouth.

Any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks