ABOUT SAISON APERITIFS
Saison is a seasonal aperitivo company from Melbourne, Australia.
It's aperitivo made the long way, obsessively crafted from peak-season ingredients by people who refuse to take shortcuts.
Founded in early 2020 by chef and bitter drinks maker Dave Verheul, Saison began with a simple refusal: vermouth and amaro didn’t need to be dark, heavy, or locked into old-world styles. They can be brighter, fresher, more singular in flavour.
Our name is Saison because we capture our favourite seasonal moments and bottle them.
Every aperitivo starts with a single core ingredient, picked at its peak, then layered with hand picked wild herbs, fruit and flowers from small-scale growers, and Australian grown wormwood.
There are no essences or shortcuts here. Everything is harvested by us, prepared by hand, and brought together with a chef’s palette shaped by years in the world’s best restaurant kitchen.
It’s slower and harder, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
ABOUT DAVE
At the heart of Saison is Dave Verheul, bitter drink maker and chef-owner of natural wine bar and restaurant, Embla.
Firmly established as a leading chef and winemaker within the Australian culinary world, Dave's approach celebrates the integrity of produce and the people who grow it, with a distinctive style characterised by thought, detail, balance, and purity of flavour.