The Wessex Negroni No.1 | 70cl | 27.7% ABV

The Wessex Negroni No.1 version finally saw the light of day in late 2019 - one hundred years after its original creation in Italy for a Mr Camillo Negroni by Fosco Scarselli at Caffe Casoni, Florence. 

Loved by such wonderful people as Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Enzo Apicella and the late lamented Anthony Bourdain, this cocktail has had many variations in its constituent alcoholic content. 

The Wessex Negroni No.1 contains equal measures of Ramsbury Gin from Wiltshire (40% abv), Bramley & Gage Sweet Vermouth from Gloucestershire (18% abv) and Campari (25% abv). 

Drink on its own with a large ice cube and a slither of orange or stretch with a Blanc de blancs or Cava. 

There are three other versions of the Wessex Negroni which are of use to those who prefer vodka to gin or a dry rather than a sweet vermouth:

No. 2 Vodka, sweet vermouth, Campari

No. 3 Gin, dry vermouth, Campari

No. 4 Vodka, dry vermouth, Campari