Thirsty Thursday – Summer Classic: White Peach Sangria

Ok, so I fell off a bit with the Thirsty Thursday post but I’m back. This week, I’ll be featuring one of my favorite summer classic drinks. Although summer is slowly coming to a close, you can always have a taste of summer with this one. If you have any specialty beverages you enjoy (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), send them in to smorris@graeenterprises.com and we’ll feature them.

Toast up and enjoy!

White Peach Sangria

Ingredients:

1 bottle of dry white wine (or you can use a Moscato [plain or flavored] or a Riesling)

3/4 peach flavored Vodka (I hear Ciroc Peach is poppin’)

1/4 cup of white sugar

4 cinnamon sticks

3/4 cup of fresh frozen peaches

3/4 cup of fresh frozen strawberries

3/4 cup of seedless red grapes cut in halves

3/4 cup of seedless white grapes cut in halves

*some recipes also call for 6 teaspoons of frozen lemonade concentrate. this is optional*

Preparation:

In a large pitcher combine wine, vodka, and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add in peaches, grapes, strawberries and cinnamon sticks. Refrigerate sangria for two hours or overnight to get full flavor of ingredients. Serve chilled over ice. For a more refreshing taste, add mint as a garnish and in sangria mix prior to chilling.

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GASCON MALBEC 2008 FROM ARGENTINA – My Good Cheap Wine of the Week
Thanks to all those visiting this site for the first time, and a special what’s up to those who have graced me with your presence in the past. I happen to be in a very good mood tonight, I feel as good as a 19 year old college boy finding out his girlfriend isn’t pregnant. The reason for the good mood, is the fact that I’ve just tried a wine that for most of you fruit forward tasting wino’s, you could grow to love. The Gascon Malbec 2008 from Argentina is definitely a wine that people who are big into the Australian wines can appreciate. Normally, when I deal with wines from Chile, Spain, and Argentina I tend to look for certain characteristics, such as soil and vegetation. What’s interesting about this wine is it plays around with a more fruity characteristic, also incorporating chocolate on the mid palate, with a strawberry finish. Because this wine is so young, the alcohol is apparent in the nose (because it’s young, you could let it sit for three to five years before consuming, the alcohol should digress by then), but if you know what to smell for, you’ll also catch Cassis, dark currant, vanilla, and a hint of leathery tobacco. Upon tasting, there is great transition from beginning to mid palate, which is definitely something to be desired in a 12 dollar bottle of wine. I don’t know about you, but I like anything that transitions from Cassis to chocolate to strawberry, and this wine does just that. This Argentinean Malbec is a good wine all in all, and for all of those who are looking for a pair with this wine, don’t look for seafood or steak, but maybe a prime rib or chocolate dessert. Lastly, to all of you wino’s, continue to love, live, eat and drink wine.

Restaurant Week

Now you can enjoy a three course meal for $35!

Restaurant Week has been extended until Monday February 28th, 2011. (Excluding Saturdays and Valentine’s Day)

So now you have more time enjoy what the city has to offer.

Start clicking:  http://www.nycgo.com/restaurantweek/ to view the list of NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2011 extension participants and make a reservation online.

ENJOY!

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