Cocktail Hour - The Vintry
Who doesn’t love a cocktail? We got together with The Vintry wine bar to bring you five irresistible versions including our very own Junction Spring Blossom. Justin Fokkema is head barman at The Vintry wine bar and he created the following cocktails. The Vintry specialise in local wines grown in the 25 or so vineyards we have in the area. It’s the perfect place to sip a glass of vino, indulge in a wine tasting session to discover your local favourites, and, as you’re about to find out, spoil yourself with a fabulous cocktail.
Bonus? Because it’s part of the restaurant downstairs you can add a delicious platter to the mix. So go ahead, relax and unwind with us.
Date Night, Movie Night Bond Martini’s Sunday Wine Tasting mystery wine tasting every Sunday after 4. Five mystery wines for the price of one glass - $12 per glass.
The night of November 11th is James Bond night.
Tip: When making cocktails shake until the tin of the shaker is nice and cold and always squeeze your lemon and lime wedges before you add them to the ‘juice’.
THE JUNCTION SPRING BLOSSOM
Pour into a cocktail shaker
30 ml Mahurangi Gin - made in Waiwera
60ml Monarch Estate Matakana Rose
15ml De Kuyper Marasquin Liquer - berry flavoured
15ml Chase Distillery Elderflower Liquier
Add
2 slices cucumber for freshness
A couple of lime wedges
Top
with ice cubes
Shake, rattle and roll
Add
Soda water
Garnish
Spring blossom
PASSIONFRUIT COOLER
Pour into a cocktail shaker
30mls Mahurangi Gin
30mls Passionfruit Pulp
15mls De Kuyper Passion Fruit liquer
Homemade Rosemary syrup – rosemary steeped in castor sugar and water
Lime wedge
Shake, rattle and roll
Add
Ice
Soda
Garnish
Rosemary
KOMBUCHA MARTINI
Pour into a cocktail shaker
60mls Kombucha – made in Omaha by Daily Organics
15 mls Chase Distillery Elderflower Liquer
30mls Rogue Society Gin – made in Ponsonby
Add
2 wedges lime
Dash sugar syrup – castor sugar steeped in water
Shake, rattle and roll
Strain
Use a double strainer to stop lime pips entering the ‘juice’
Garnish
Lime wedges
MULE NOIR
Pour into a cocktail shaker
45 Hyperion Wines Eos Pinot Noir
15ml Monin Mures syrup – blackberry flavoured
30ml cranberry juice
Few wedges lime
½ dozen mint leaves
Top
with ice
Shake, rattle and roll
Add
Ginger ale
Garnish
Lime or lemon
WHITE SANGRIA
Pour into a cocktail shaker
60ml Ransom Alberino – ‘a nice dry wine almost like a sauvignon blanc’ - Justin
15ml Cointreau or any kind of fruity liquer
Few wedges lime
Sugar syrup
Top
with ice
Shake rattle and roll
Add
Soda water or lemonade depending on how sweet you want it.
Garnish
Apple slices.
“I like to muddle (with a muddling tool) the apple into the cocktail first” – Justin
Add grapes, blackberries and raspberries.