My current obsession is the Italian wine Lambrusco. I think it is the perfect summer time drink and love the slightly sparkling taste. I knew I had to make a cocktail with this amazing liquid pleasure. I was at an Italian restaurant this weekend and discovered a cocktail with Lambrusco where they floated the wine. It was beautiful so I knew I had to make my own version. I used Aviation Gin from Portland, Oregon and it was the perfect compliment to this cocktail adding hints of dried orange peel and lavender. This would be a fun upscale drink to make over a long weekend as well as a before dinner drink. Let’s celebrate the week with gin and wine! What is your favorite wine cocktail?

Recipe: Gin Lambrusco Cocktail

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of Aviation Gin
• 1 ounce of lime juice
• ½ ounce of simple syrup
• 1 cup ice
• Float 1 ½ ounces of Lambrusco over top by using the back of a spoon

Garnish: Thyme

Instructions:

• In a shaker add gin, lime, simple syrup, and ½ cup of ice
• Shake mixture
• Fill serving glass with the rest of the ice
• Strain mixture into serving glass
• Using the back of a spoon pour Lambrusco slowly over the spoon near the side of the serving glass

Serves:1