The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
On with our series on German wine regions! In this article, we take a closer look at a wine from Franconia – my home-winegrowing region. In this case, I went with a “wild” choice of wine, but believe me this bottle is worth every penny.
I cannot help myself, but I keep coming up with Negroni variations. I know you could argue, that without the sweet vermouth this is not a Negroni anymore, hence the new name. Nevertheless, as other drinks like Fredrik Yarm’s Caustic Negroni shows, Rhabarbero works excellent with anything bitter / other Amaros.
The next eau de vie from Manuel Engel uses one of the most famous Japanese citrus fruits. There are not a lot of yuzu eau de vies out there. So, Manuel took a chance and added one to his portfolio. Naturally, I want to share my thoughts about it, along with a refreshing highball.
The next region I am presenting in my series on German wine is Baden. Luckily, I had a bottle of a renown vineyards in my cellar for a few years now. So, I went with the syrah from Hanspeter Ziereisen and paired it with club steak.
I do love eau de vies and especially the ones distilled from citrus. My good friend Manuel Engel has some new varieties, and I had to try them! The first on my list is the grapefruit spirit. For a drink I kept it simple for a perfect summer refresher.
To get more structure into my wine posts, I am starting a new series where I write about German wine regions in alphabetical order. For each region, I am presenting a wine with an additional food-pairing. There is no pattern to which I chose the wines, but I will try to have something exemplary or […]
I know that I am too late for agave month 2025 with this tequila cocktail. Nevertheless, I want to present the La Perla to you. It took ages for me to get around to mix the drink, but I was lacking the pear liqueur for a few years. Now that I have a high-quality one, […]
