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Cocktails with Apricot Dessert Wine

We worked hard to craft delicious cocktail recipes that showcase the uniqueness and versatility of our Apricot Dessert Wine, exclusively available through Elephant Island Winery.

Abri Crusta

A la Chris Mason Stearns – Mixologist extraordinaire. Serves 1

Ingredients
2 oz Elephant Island Apricot Dessert Wine
½ oz Cointreau
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters

Preparation
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Strain into a chilled rocks glass rimmed with sugar. Garnish with pared whole lemon peel.

Apricot Cherry Smash

A la Chris Mason Stearns – Mixologist extraordinaire. Serves 1

Ingredients
1 oz Havana Club dark rum
1 oz Elephant Island Apricot Dessert Wine
2 lemon segments
3 brandied (or fresh) cherries
½ tsp simple syrup soda water

Preparation
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice, top with soda water. Garnish with a cherry, serve with a straw.

Apricot Drop Martini

Compliments of Brooke Fawcette … EIOW fan. Serves 1

Ingredients
2 oz EIOW Apricot Dessert Wine
1 oz Vodka

Preparation
Sooooo dangerously simple: Pour vodka and Apricot Dessert Wine into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Edge martini glass in coarse sugar. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Aurora Cocktail

Serves 1

Ingredients
1 oz Victoria Gin
1 oz EIOW Apricot Dessert Wine
1 oz squeeze fresh lemon juice (approx ½ lemon)
Splash of Sumac Ridge Brut sparkling wine

Preparation
Combine Gin, Apricot wine + lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake + strain into a chilled martini glass until ¾ full. Top with Brut Sparkling Wine.

Thanks to Jeff Van Geest + Katherine Manson at Aurora for creating this delectable celebration of BC flavors.

Elephant Stone Sour

A la Chris Mason Stearns – Mixologist extraordinaire. Serves 1

Ingredients
1 ½ oz amber rum
1 oz EIOW Apricot Dessert Wine
½ oz fresh lemon juice
½ oz fresh orange juice
1 tsp simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters

Preparation
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Strain into a chilled rocks glass. Run a lemon wedge around the rim of the glass. (Rum-wise, Barbados Mount Gay Eclipse or Haitian Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star are both good).

Iced Chai Tea

from an EIOW Apricot Wine fan

Ingredients
3 parts Silk Road Ice Tea
1 part Apple Juice
2 oz Apricot Dessert Wine

Preparation
Mix 3 parts of the Silk Road Ice Tea with one part apple juice and add 2 oz of Apricot Dessert Wine. Serve on ice. Very refreshing and delicious!

Orchard Time

Compliments of Solomon Seigel @ Solomon’s in Victoria. Serves 1.

Ingredients
1 part Calvados Mozin VSOP
1 part EIO Apricot Wine
1 dash peach bitters
2-3 dash agave syrup (one to one agave nectar and water)
2 parts sparkling wine (cava)
Garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme
Glass – Flute

Preparation
Stir Calvados, apricot, bitters, agave with ice and strain into a flute, top with sparkling wine stir and garnish with full sprig of fresh thyme ans smile…

Summer Storm

A la Chris Mason Stearns – Mixologist extraordinaire. Serves 1.

Ingredients
3 oz Apricot Dessert wine
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
soda water
ginger beer (Granville Island + Steamworks both make a ginger beer that would work nicely in this recipe or you could make your own… just google ginger beer).

Preparation
In a highball glass full of ice, pour apricot wine and lemon juice. Top up with equal parts ginger beer and soda water.

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