Wednesday Night Wine-Down
52 Drinks for Low-Alcohol Midweek Sipping
Wednesday Night Wine-Down trips through the calendar with hump day highlights of low-alcohol cocktails to lubricate you through to the weekend. Recipes and informative tips are complemented by numerous color photographs to benefit the novice bartender.
While wines feature in many of these creative cocktails, some contain spirits; each drink is a low alcohol-by-volume concoction. Wine replaces one or more spirits in revisions of traditional recipes, and the original cocktails are wine-forward. Useful advice on selecting barware, glassware, fashioning eye-catching garnishes, and descriptions of various wine types guide cocktail-makers throughout, while sidebars about making flavored simple syrups and fruit purees also make the creation of these weekly cocktails engaging and easy to envision.
Seasonal qualities arise as the book moves through the year: spring’s beverages feature delicate herbs, citrus, and fruits, while summer’s garden bounty shimmers in cocktails with deep flavors and colors, like Sherry-Basil Cooler and a remake of the traditional Pimm’s Cup with red zinfandel, ginger beer, and a tri-color garnish of strawberries, cucumber, and mint. Bolder beverages arrive in the autumn, while winter cocktails, both hot and cold, usher in fortifying, festive, and spicy cocktail combinations like the Poinsettia, laced with cranberry juice, triple sec, and sparkling wine.
Wednesday Night Wine-Down is an alluring invitation to start a weekly tradition of enjoying easy to make, elegant low-alcohol cocktails.
Reviewed by
Rachel Jagareski
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