The Weekend Cocktail: Summer Fruit and Ginger Cocktail

BY GWEN KENNEALLY

I just returned home from an awesome Northern California getaway to visit with friends and family and celebrate my mother’s birthday! As I was crossing the Bay Bridge from Oakland to San Francisco I saw a massive billboard for ginger infused vodka. I was beside myself thinking about that party in my mouth.

My dear friend, known fondly in my LA circle as San Francisco Lisa, her husband Dave, and some friends shared an adult beverage or two and talked about the possibilities of ginger infused vodka. It seemed only fitting that we turn to Adam Wilson the famed mixologist of Beretta San Francisco for a libation with the tartness of citrus and cranberries expertly tempered with the sweetness of fresh pineapple and here comes the party…the heat of the ginger! Substitute the vodka and Club soda with ginger ale for a festive nonalcoholic version.

Enjoy this with your friends and family and know that I will be playing with more fun, fresh recipes using ginger infused vodka! Available online at www.internetwines.com/rws41536.html

Summer Fruit and Ginger Cocktail

4 ounces ginger vodka

1 ounce orange juice

1 -ounce grapefruit juice

1-ounce limejuice

3 tablespoons fresh cranberries

6 chunks pineapple

Club soda

Ice

Additional pineapple chunks or cranberries for garnish

1. Muddle cranberries and pineapple in a cocktail shaker.

2. Add ice and rest of ingredients except soda and shake vigorously.

3. Pour into a Collins glass with fresh ice and top with soda.

4. Garnish with additional chunks of pineapple and/or cranberries on a toothpick laid horizontally over rim of the glass.