RED SANGRIA
Ingredients
Serves 8
1 red apple, cored
1 pear, cored
1 orange, peeled and seeds removed
1 bottle (750 ml) Rioja wine
½ cup (125 ml) brandy
½ cup (125 ml) orange liqueur
2 cups (500 ml) orange juice, freshly squeezed and strained
½ cup (125 ml) fresh lemon juice, strained
ice cubes
2 cups (500 ml) plain soda water
Instructions
- Chop fruit into bite-sized pieces and place in a three-quart (3 L), non-reactive pitcher. Add all the liquid except for soda water. Stir well, cover and refrigerate overnight so the flavours have a chance to marry*. When ready to serve, pour into large wine glasses, filling each about halfway with liquid and fruit. Then add ice and top with soda.
- Sangria should sit overnight or for at least six hours to infuse flavours.
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ROSÉ SANGRIA
Ingredients
Serves 8
2 peaches, peeled and pit removed
2 nectarines, pits removed
8 strawberries, hulled
1 bottle (750 ml) fragrant rosé wine
½ cup (125 ml) gin
½ cup (125 ml) peach schnapps
2 cups (500 ml) cran-strawberry cocktail
½ cup (125 ml) fresh lemon juice, strained
ice cubes
2 cups (500 ml) plain soda water
Instructions
- Chop fruit into bite-sized pieces and place in a three-quart (3 L), non-reactive pitcher. Add all the liquid except for soda water. Stir well, cover and refrigerate overnight* so the flavours have a chance to marry. When ready to serve, pour into large wine glasses, filling each about halfway with liquid and fruit. Then add ice and top with soda.
- Sangria should sit overnight or for at least six hours to infuse flavours.
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BISON GRASS FIZZ
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Żubrówka Bison Grass vodka
1 oz (30 ml) Spiced Hibiscus Syrup
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lemon juice
Villa Teresa Organic Veneto Rosé Frizzante, to top
lemon twist, for garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients except for sparkling to a cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake, strain into a champagne flute. Top with Villa Teresa. Garnish with a twist of lemon.
- For SPICED HIBISCUS SYRUP: In a large pot, add 2 cups (500 ml) water, 2 cups (500 ml) white sugar, 3 whole star anise, 3 whole cloves, 3 cinnamon sticks and 1 cup (250 ml) dried hibiscus flowers. Bring ingredients to a boil, remove from heat and let stand until cool. Strain out remaining particles of spices. Store covered in refrigerator up to a month.
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PERU 75
Ingredients
Serves 1
¾ oz (22 ml) Pisco Capel Premium
¾ oz (22 ml) St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice (strained)
3 oz (90 ml) Segura Viudas Brut Reserva
lemon zest, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine Pisco, St-Germain and lemon juice into a mixing glass. Stir with ice to gently chill. Strain into a Champagne flute and slowly top up with sparkling wine. Garnish with a lemon zest.
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CARIBOU COCKTAIL
Ingredients
Serves 1
2½ oz (75 ml) Inniskillin Cabernet Sauvignon
1 oz (30 ml) Alberta Premium Rye
1 tsp (5 ml) maple syrup
1 pinch ground cinnamon
cinnamon stick, for garnish
Instructions
- Simmer ingredients in a medium-sized saucepan until warm. Do not Boil. Strain into glass. Garnish with cinnamon stick. Can be served either hot or cold.
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PASSION FRUIT BELLINI
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) passion fruit nectar
3½ oz (105 ml) Freixenet Cordon Negro
1 strawberry, sliced
Instructions
- Chill both the passion fruit nectar and the sparkling wine ahead of time. Measure passion fruit nectar into a flute and top with bubbles. Garnish with strawberry slices.
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RUPERT'S LAND
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 oz (60 ml) Lot No. 40 Rye whisky
¼ oz (7 ml) Prospect Winery Vidal Icewine
1 tsp (5 ml) maple syrup
4 dashes Angostura bitters
orange zest, for garnish
fermented root vegetables (optional)
Instructions
- Combine first four ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice and stir. Strain into a chilled coupe. Express oils from orange zest and discard. Serve with fermented root vegetables, if desired.
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PLUM BLOSSOM
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) St-Germain elderflower liqueur
1 oz (30 ml) plum wine, preferably Nakano Umé
½ oz (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
2 oz (60 ml) sparkling wine
long lemon zest, for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass with ice, stir St-Germain, plum wine and lemon juice. Strain into a Champagne flute and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a long coil of lemon zest.
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CRISP, WHITE SANGRIA
Ingredients
Serves 1
2 cups (500 ml) white grape juice, divided
¼ cup (60 ml) berry sugar
1 bunch fresh mint
1 x 750 ml bottle dry white wine
1½ cups (375 ml) unsweetened apple juice
1 lime, juice only
2 limes, thinly sliced
1 cup (250 ml) seedless green grapes, halved
1 x 750 ml bottle soda water, chilled
1 green apple, cored, cut into thin wedges
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine 1 cup (250 ml) white grape juice and berry sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and stir in 2 mint sprigs. Bring to room temperature.
- In a glass jug or container large enough to hold 8 cups (2 L), combine cooled and remaining grape juice with several more sprigs of mint, wine, apple juice and lime juice. Refrigerate overnight for flavours to meld.
- When ready to serve, remove mint sprigs. Place several lime wedges in a sangria pitcher. Add half the grapes and a couple mint sprigs.
- Pour half the sangria mixture into pitcher and top with chilled soda water.
- Serve sangria over ice in cocktail glasses, garnish with lime and apple wedges and a sprig of mint. Makes about 10 cups (2.5 L)
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KOHANA (LITTLE FLOWER)
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) Bulleit rye
1 oz (30 ml) Takara Plum wine
¼ oz (7 ml) Ardbeg 10-year-old Scotch
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) hibiscus syrup
1 egg white
2 dashes Bittered Sling Plum and Root Beer bitters
hibiscus flower, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake without ice. Add ice and shake again after egg white has been emulsified. Fine strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a hibiscus flower.
- To make HIBISCUS SYRUP: In a saucepan over low heat, mix 2 cups (500 ml) sugar to 2 cups (500 ml) water and bring to a boil. Add 1 cup (250 ml) of dried hibiscus flowers. Allow to steep for 20 minutes. Strain out flowers and allow mixture to cool before using.