Sentence:  <WSD>Vermouth</WSD> originated in the 18th century, when wine growers in the foothills of the French and Italian Alps developed a method of enhancing the taste of sour or uncompromising wines with the infusion of a variety of sweeteners, spices, herbs, roots, seeds, flowers, and peel. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.