Drinks – Here's cheers

HERE’S CHEERS

Slick new cocktails and drink ideas to spritz up your life.

FRENCH 75

Ingredients • 30ml The Botanist

• 15ml Lemon Juice • 10ml Sugar Syrup • Top with champagne • Garnish: Lemon Twist

Add Gin, lemon and sugar syrup to a shaker filled with ice, shake and fine strain into chilled champagne glass, top with champagne and garnish with lemon twist.

REY LOCO

The Rey Loco Tequila Lime & Soda is a perfectly blended and balanced combination of lime and soda, producing a refreshing sparkling, slightly sweet, citrus tequila taste. While many love the traditional tang of lime with tequila, the Rey Loco Tequila Bloody Orange & Soda showcases another delicious citrus combination by blending authentic tequila with fragrant blood orange topped with effervescent soda. Rey Loco can be found in most leading retailers and is RRP $25.99 for a pack of four.

GUNFIRE COLD PRESS

TWENTYFIVEFOUR’s new range of ‘Gunfire’ cold-pressed nitroinfused, ready to drink iced coffee that is all natural, sugar and preservative free and Infused with the aromas and flavours of rum and whiskey from the barrels in which the beans are aged before being roasted.

Mix dozen RRP $59.95 www.twentyfivefour.com.au

For more information please visit www.pinnacledrinks.com.au

MOSCATO & PASSIONFRUIT MOJITO

Ingredients • ½ lime • 1 tsp raw sugar • Mint • 30ml white rum • 30ml passionfruit • 90ml lemonade • Dash of Brown Brothers Sparkling Moscato • ¾ glass loose ice

Method Muddle lime & raw sugar. Add ice, passionfruit, mint and lemonade. Top with a splash of sparkling Moscato.

PRÓSPERO TEQUILA

Born of the lush, volcanic soil of the tequila valley, the majestic Blue Agave infuses the landscape from which Próspero Tequila is created.Designed by Stella Anguiano, one of Mexico’s renowned female Master Distillers, Próspero is a hand-crafted spirit that offers an unparalleled flavour with a smooth, elegant and perfectly balanced finish. Exquisite care is taken throughout the production process to ensure that each bottle reflects pride in the spirit – inside and out. Every element is crafted by hand; from the elegant bottle to the perfectly balanced liquid, to the artistically illustrated label. Próspero is driven by a commitment to maintain the same process and quality that comes from family tradition – doing things slowly, with patience and with passion.

Rich in aromas and bright tones, Próspero Blanco provides an unparalleled flavour that offers consumers exceptional quality for the price. RRP $70.99 Stockists: Dan Murphy’s, BWS.

THE ‘SILVER SCREEN SPARKLER’ COCKTAIL

Ingredients • 45ml gin • 2g edible gold glitter • 15ml St. Germain • 15ml fresh lemon juice • 15ml simple syrup • 3 mint leaves, freshly picked • 3 cucumber slices, freshly cut

A limited edition cocktail inspired by the TV Week Gold Logie statue, as served in The Star Gold Coast’s signature bars in the lead up to the 2022 awards show.

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until combined, then double strain into your preferred cocktail glass. Be sure to swirl the glass or stir with a cocktail spoon as you serve the cocktail for extra sparkle.

ELDERFLOWER SPRITZ

Ingredients • 45ml St Germain elderflower liqueur • 30ml lemon juice • Dash of Brown Brothers Sparkling

Moscato

• Dehydrated lemon & petals from the garden to garnish • ¾ glass loose ice

Method Add the elderflower liqueur, lemon juice and a dash of Brown Brothers Moscato to a glass 3/4 filled with ice. Garnish with dehydrated lemon & petals.

THE BALVENIE

The Balvenie Twenty-Fiveyear-old is a tribute to Malt Master David C. Stewart’s dedication to designing and building exceptional flavour through the marriage of rare casks. With exceptional character and extraordinary depth, the new Twenty-five whisky hints at The Balvenie’s most sought-after flavours - bold vanilla oak, crystalised ginger, and sweet runny honey. RRP $1,200 thebalvenie.com

BOUNTIFUL BAROSSA

Kalleske Wines of the Barossa Valley are certified organic, handcrafted wines. With over 40 years’ experience tending the vineyard, the Kalleske family is one of the region’s leading grape-growing families consistently growing some of the Barossa’s best quality grapes and committed to sustainable farming practices. For more information visit dejavuwines.com.au

2021 PLENARIUS

The 2021 Plenarius is copper-gold in colour with brilliant amber edges. Aromatically, there’s tinned apricot, marmalade, jasmine perfume as well as candied ginger and hints of lemongrass. This wine is rustic but simultaneously polished; grippy skin phenolics are offset beautifully by a glycerol richness and a fine natural acid line. Dynamic and engaging, it evolves with a multitude of aromas, flavours and textures. Zeitgeist Shiraz has been bottled to showcase the 2021 vintage in all its primary vibrant glory. 2022 Zeitgeist Shiraz is vivid purple in colour. Aromatics are primal and lifted with bright floral perfume, crushed red berries, mixed spice and red liquorice with a touch of milk chocolate. Light grippy tannins give a strong backbone to balance the fruit. The finish is lengthy and radiant, completing a pure and expressive wine. Parallax Grenache is a revival and reiteration of a classic old vine Barossa varietal. Parallax Grenache is picked two to three weeks earlier than normal and combined with fermentation on stalks and minimal maturation. Light purple-red in colour, Parallax Grenache has the compelling aroma of strawberry, herb, sweet earth, raspberry, fresh flowers and musk. On the palate it is light-bodied and bursting with fresh fruit.

2022 ZEITGEIST SHIRAZ 2022 PARALLAX GRENACHE

Discover the NEW S.Pellegrino Essenza Blood Orange & Black Raspberry.

Made from Italian blood oranges, the S.Pellegrino Essenza range is a fresh way to add a zing of taste to casual dining experiences. Discover today at selected Woolworths, independent retailers and cafes.