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 …
