YELLOW Genepi Apero Liqueur, 2024

• Annually released génépi aperitif produced by Forthave Spirits in Brooklyn, New York
• Base wine of 100% Vignoles grown and vinified in 2024 by Vanessa Hoffman from Knapp Winery in Romulus, New York
• Released in 2025
• White génépi (A. mutellina) from the French Alps undergoes a meticulous combination of macerations in alcohol and water and partial redistillation in a 400-liter bain-marie hybrid pot still
• Non-GMO sugarcane distillate from Brazil is used in the maceration process and for fortification
• Sweetened with organic, raw cane sugar and rested for 2 months before bottling
• No added coloring
• NY Farm Distillery License eligible
• Refrigerate upon opening; suggested shelf life of 6 months once opened if kept cold
• 24% ABV

Forthave continues to illustrate the rewards of playful experimentation with their annually released wine-based génépi aperitif, YELLOW. Génépi flowers—the alpine plant indispensable to the DNA of classic French and Italian bitter liqueurs—undergoes separate macerations in sugarcane distillate and water for varying lengths of time, and only a portion of these macerations are distilled before a dialed-in blend of all components is created. The result is a focused yet dimensional fortified wine that works as well in a simple highball with tonic as it does as a vermouth substitute in Spring-minded Martinis, Negronis, and Bamboos (to name only a few).