Vermouth, or vermut, is a fortified wine liquor. It starts with a base ... but it is well-known that one medicinal herb called artemisia, or wormwood, is almost always a part of the recipe ...

As the (over-age adults of the) world celebrate International Absinthe Day, we’re taking a look at the history and present ...

In German, wormwood is called wermut, the French pronunciation of which is “vermouth.” Most often, the base wine for vermouth is white, but depending on the ingredients that infuse the wine ...

Wormwood is a bitter herb and an ingredient in the alcoholic drink absinthe. It may have antimicrobial properties, relieve pain, stimulate digestion, and more. However, it contains thujone, a ...

The wormwood plant from which absinthe is made is not native to Switzerland, but probably arrived with the Romans.

There’s also evidence that the ancient Greeks drank something called “absinthites oinos”, a wormwood-flavoured wine. It’s not until Switzerland in the late 18th century that the current ...