• Home
  • Wine 201 and About Eve
    • Full Disclosure
  • As Seen On
  • Las Vegas Highlights (Press: send your news regarding LV restaurants, bars and wineries to Eve@EveWine101.com)
  • Staff & Guests

Eve's Wine 101

  • Eve Bushman
  • Michael Perlis
  • Eve of Destruction
  • Guests

Cocktail Recipes for your Valentine’s Day

February 10, 2016 by evebushman

unspecified 2

Lover’s Lagoon. McCoy’s Oceanfront at Fort Lauderdale Marriott Pompano Beach Resort & Spa, Fla.

Think of as a moonlit stroll on the beach — in a glass.

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz vodka
  • 1 oz spiced rum
  • 1 oz peach juice
  • 1 oz pear juice
  • 1 oz plum juice
  • ½ oz blue curacao

Preparation:

  • Stir all ingredients in a glass without ice.
  • Pour mix into a chilled glass.
  • Garnish with a mint sprig.

##

Fiery Mandarin. Lead Mixologist Eddie Garcia, jade bar at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Guaranteed to add heat to any romance.

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Absolut vodka
  • 1 slice jalapeno
  • 1/3 of an orange zest
  • 1 oz cranberry juice
  • ½ oz lemon juice
  • ¾ oz simple syrup

Preparation:

  • Muddle jalapeno, add zest and liquids.
  • Add ice, shake and double strain.
  • Serve up in chilled martini glass with jalapeno slice garnish.

##

Fennel. The Umstead Bar, The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary, N.C.

Deceptively simple, this three-ingredient cocktail gets a romantic boost from aphrodisiac fennel.

Ingredients:

  • 2.0 oz Conniption Navy Strength gin
  • .75 oz fennel syrup
  • .50 oz lime juice
  • Dash of fennel powder

Preparation:

  • Mix first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker.
  • Fill with ice and shake.
  • Strain into a martini glass.
  • Garnish with a dash of fennel powder.
  • Hint for the adventure home mixologist: The Umstead adds candied fennel fronds to its garnish.

##

The Wink. Henry’s Hotel Bar, Harbor View Hotel, Martha’s Vineyard

The name of this cocktail says it all.

Ingredients:

  • 1 2/3 oz. gin
  • 2 tsp. triple sec
  • 1/2  tsp. sugar syrup
  • 3 dashes of Peychaud’s Bitters
  • 1/2 oz. absinthe, to coat the glass
  • Orange twist

Preparation:

  • Combine gin, triple sec, sugar syrup and bitters in a shaker over ice and shake.
  • Strain into the absinthe-coated rocks glass.
  • Finish with a spritz of orange zest and garnish with the orange peel.

Filed Under: Guests Tagged With: absinthe, bitters, cocktails, garnish, gin, juice, Martini, mixologist, rum, vodka

Recent Posts

17th Annual Kosher Food and Wine Experience (kfwe.com) at Chelsea Piers in NYC, Monday February 6, 2023

The KFWE is the destination for wine and food lovers alike, affording … [Read More...]

  • Review: Piper Sonoma Brut NV
  • Sidewalk Side Spirits Wants a Bite of the Flavored Whiskey Market
  • Wine Paris and Vinexpo Paris 2023, turning the spotlight on Be Spirits

Eve Bushman

Eve Bushman, owner Eve’s Wine 101 and Eve Bushman Consulting.

Featured Video

SPONSORS

 

 

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in