A grape twist on the classic, with this grape Negroni Cocktail Recipe! Every June there is a world wide celebration of one of the classic cocktails, the Negroni. Started by Imbibe Magazine in 2013, Negroni Week has spread all over the globe as a way to celebrate the Negroni and give back to charities. …
Wine/Champagne
A Lavender Berry shrub with brandy makes for a great cocktail! Summer is the season for shrub based cocktails, and we have definitely been in a mood for tart fruity cocktails, and our Brandy and Blackberry Lavender Shrub cocktail certainly fits the bill! We love using shrubs to add a rich tart flavor to …
A pairing of sake and pickled ginger in this drink! A great sake cocktail! One of our go to date night meals is heading out for sushi and drinks at one of our favorite local sushi places, Blue Sushi. Any good sushi meal should always include drinks, and one drink that goes hand in …
A favorite liquor forward scotch whiskey cocktails that is a classic! Scotch is one of Jay’s favorite spirits, but it isn’t one of those that is found in a lot of cocktails. There is a big school of thought that using any scotch in a cocktail is sacrilege, as many drinkers think that a …
A bubbly sweet and tart cocktail with champagne, lemon juice and gin, this one a twist on the classic French 75 recipe! Make this Pomegranate French 75 for the holidays and the new year! The French 75 cocktail was created during World War I at the famous New York Bar in Paris. The combination …
A classic Italian cocktail, try this perfectly refreshing Aperol Spritz Aperitivo! In these waning days of summer, we are still enjoying warm weather drinks, so we figured we better share another classic, the Aperol Spritz. The Aperol Spritz Aperitivo, is a bubbly cocktail that is refreshing and the right amount of bitter flavors and …
Wine icepops? Wine Popsicles? What? How can you go wrong with adult popsicles, wine popsicles? We had a 1/3 bottle of Chianti that needed to be imbibed, but I just didn’t feel like drinking it (I know, crazy, right?!) so I thought, why not freeze it and make something that I can enjoy when …
This Pisco cocktail is a lovely fruity and gingery combination! This drink was inspired by a cocktail we had on a trip out to California last summer where we had this fantastic drink made with fresh blackberries and pisco. We had stopped for lunch at a spot in San Fransisco where this drink was …
A great, tart lemon juice and pisco in this Pisco Sour Cocktail! For this post we are going to go back to the classics with the Pisco Sour Cocktail. Reputed to have been invented in Lima, Peru back in the 1920’s, the Pisco Sour is the national drink of both Chile and Peru and …
A beautiful white sangria punch, perfect for summer sipping! Since the days have been getting warmer this spring, and we had a plethora of fruit, we decided to make some sangria. Sangria is a typical drink from Spain, consisting of wine, fruit, a sweetener and sometimes some brandy or a liqueur. The beauty of …