Beltion offer a middle-ground with their light and delicately-flavoured "Red Bitter" made from an infusion of herbs, aromatic plants and fruits. It sports a traditional ruby red colour and has a pleasantly bitter taste over a warming background.

Campari is a contemporary classic. The recipe, which has remained unchanged, was created by Gaspare Campari in Novara in 1860 and remains a closely guarded secret. Campari is the fundamental base for some of the most famous cocktails around the world including the Campari Orange, Italian Mojito and Negroni.Alcoholic, appealing complex, herbal, orange and floral scents. Pleasantly bittersweet, intense orange and herbal fragrances with typical gentian and woody notes.

Cynar, an artichoke based herbal liquor,with syrupy, subtle liquorice root type flavours, is a versatile and social drink. A spirit low in alcohol, Cynar can be enjoyed straight or as a long drink with soda, cola, or tonic.

A logical extension to the outstanding Maidenii range comes in this Quinquina aperitif. Produced from Heathcote Viognier grapes as well as fragrant botanicals and citrus, rounded off with the bitter edge of cinchona bark. Pouring a pale straw colour, it offers lovely lifted notes of grapefruit, thyme, cool mint and delicate quinine. A fresh and breezy entry is followed by racy flavours of semi-ripe apricot, pink grapefruit and a delicately bitter, vibrant dried herb / quinine / mint finish that's remarkably long for the genre. Very appetising, this should mix brilliantly.