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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Eating In, Dining Out

Trendy Summer Sips

Shrubs, infused spirits and wines flavored with seasonal herbs and fruits makes summer cocktails a refreshing way to beat the heat.

Chilling out this summer hasn’t been easy. With record breaking temperatures still forecast for the remainder of summer, your bartender has a suggestion -cool off with a trendy summer cocktail. Summer cocktails are typically lighter concoctions that can be mixed with or without alcohol. Fruit flavored wine punches such as sangria has been a favorite for decades as well as wine spritzers and sparklers made with sparkling wines. “My favorite sparkler is made by taking a sparkling wine like Proceso and placing frozen raspberries in the drink. It's something different and refreshing on hot summer days,” said Patty Held, Hermann Wine Trail Director/Trail Boss.  “I also like to make red wine spritzers with a Missouri wine like Hunter's Red and …

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