Lsummer time helps. But if every evening, around 7 pm, there is no bar with a free table/stool from Milan to Rome, Florence, Naples, including the outdoor area and lounge, it is because the ritual of the aperitif has become all-encompassing, undermines the canonical dinner and brings together the people of the under 40s and over, singles in the front row, in front of chat, bubbles and appetizers. There is something for everyone, from the saddest canapés to the gourmet delights of high-ranking chefs, to accompany less than negligible drinks or little masterpieces of mixology. To the most curious and demanding customers, those who know how to drink, travel and change, the maisons sew couture aperitifs on us. From Argentina (but who speaks French) at Lake Garda (but which speaks to the world), some novelties to conquer the spring summer.
Orange bubbles
Put one together Argentine sparkling wine of Mendoza and a bitter orange liqueur Organic Valencia with selected herbs and spices. Three ice cubes and go… The recipe by Chandon Garden Spritzand instead to the winemaker Ana Paula Bartolucci it took four years and 64 attempts to create the perfect blend. Charmat method for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Sémillion, plus the “homemade” orange liqueur, mixed with the sparkling wine before bottling in a proportion, obviously, top secret like the recipe for the bittersweet blend, with zero aromas or artificial dyes.
The result is the new aperitif from the Moët Hennessy Group, very pleasant, very glamorous and providentially ready to use. In ideal combination with spicy ethnic appetizers, sushi and sashimiaged cheeses and dried exotic fruit.
Chandon Garden Spritz
The perfect serve of Chandon Garden Spritz with rosemary, dried orange slice and ice.
180ml Chandon Garden Spritz
3 ice cubes
rosemary
1 slice of dried orange
In a wide goblet.
The iconic Cedrata
Iconic past, cosmopolitan future. “Revolutionary” the present. The history of Cedrata Tassoni begins in 1793 in Salòcontinues with Carosello and Mina’s voice, start again now from Lake Garda with an extended family of beverages and the expertise of the Lunelli Group which has taken over the brand and relaunches it with an appeal that binds together history of Italy, Made in Italy lifestyle and contemporary luxury.
The perfect serve of Cedrata Tassoni, in a cup with basil leaf and ice.
Renewed bottle (for locals also in Jeroboam format!), “Cedar peel” with the date of foundation and the inscription lake Garda clearly visible, same recipe perfected by hand over the centuries, all natural, and expanded range: three more soft drinks (Cedar Tonic, Organic Chinotto and Organic Elderberry) and four proposals designed for mixing (Superfine Tonic, Ginger Ale, Ginger Beer and La Classica Soda). The opportunity to mix flavors and colors and to export the quartet, already in demand by the Anglo-Saxon markets, is exponential. Even with the new Gin (nine selected botanicals, including cedar essence), created in collaboration with an exceptional barman, Bruno Vanzan. He also deserves the bottle, of sophisticated elegance like the wonderful Liberty posters of the maison. Curiosity: Cedar is the prized one Diamondand comes certified from Calabria.
And here are three Signature Cocktails that Tassoni gives us, for aperitif time, even at home. For you and for friends..
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Tassoni’s Apertass signature cocktail.
5 cl Bitters
10 cl Tassoni citron
Ice.
Bormioli highball glass.
Garnish: myrtle leaves
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Tassoni’s signature cocktail Tassoni 75.
3 cl Citron Superfine Gin
1.5 cl raspberry syrup
2 cl lemon juice
6 cl Citron
Glass: Flute lucent
Garnish: border of citrus sugar.
Coffee Tonic
Tassoni’s signature cocktail Coffee Tonic.
6 cl coffee liqueur
12 cl superfine tonic
Glass: Bormioli Highball.
Ice.
Garnish: bamboo leaf or banana.
And also a recipe from Camparino in the Gallery
The “Compadre” is an innovative cocktail, Negroni style, with smoky and spicy notes that blend with the bitterness of bergamot and the citrus notes of chinotto. And it is the flagship aperitif of Camparino in the Gallery, which with its Liberty furnishings is a celebrated historical place of the Milanese living room. For those who already understand a little mixology, here is the house recipe.
Ingredients:
3,5cl Campari
2cl Montelobos Mezcal Espadìn
1,5cl Chinotto Quail
1,5cl 1757 Red Turin Vermouth
2 dashes Angostura
0,5cl Agave
2 sprays of bergamot essence
Gasket:
Kaffir lime leaf
Method:
- Take a Riedel tumbler glass from the freezer.
- Insert a 7X5 ice cube in the glass
- Pour 90ml of pre-batched cocktail into a mixing glass.
- Add about 7/8 ice cubes.
- Mix for about 10/15 seconds.
- Pour the liquid into the Riedel glass
- Decorate with kaffir lime leaf
- Spray the bergamot essence
- Serve
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