MADE Magazine Issue 6 - English January / February 2016 | Page 55
Present
THE NEW
AMERICAN
WINE DRINKER
Seductive Nights
Wine Cocktail Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 Ecco Domani Merlot
1 oz of Bourbon
4 Maraschino Cherries
.25 oz of simple syrup
1 lemon to squeeze
The New American Wine Drinker
using a mix of their favorite
wants more than a drink; they
potions while creating their own
want an experience. Curating
tastings with friends.
DIRECTIONS:
experiences over cocktails is
“Celebrate The Tongue is our
what the founders of the Guilty
motto,” Nicole Nichols says, after
Muddle cherries in tin with
squeeze of lemon
Grape hope millennials like them
explaining that they discovered
will connect to.
the
Add all other ingredients minus
merlot
After a trip to wine country in
friends over cocktails. “We hope
Sonoma, the twins discovered
to appeal to an audience who
a void in the wine industry: no
desires more than a drink. Life’s
Shake and pour over ice
wine brand completely appealed
unique experiences and triumphs
to
other
should be the main attraction and
Garnish with a lemon wedge
and cherry on a toothpick
millennials who had the same
our drinks will be the icing on the
experience, the Nichols twins
cake.”
company’s
celebrating
them.
Representing
tagline
while
successes
with
created the change they wanted
to see by creating wine cocktails
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