Recipes

The Great Grape Parade Cocktail

Evelyn Chick's The Great Grape Parade (The Good Stuff)
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Novice15 minutesN/A

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lime, cut into quarters
  • 6 seedless green grapes (3 to muddle, 3 for garnish)
  • 5–6 mint leaves
  • 1 1/2 oz Pisco
  • 1/2 oz Easy Rich Syrup
  • 3 oz Sparkling Wine
  • Brut Cava Sparkling Wine
  • Mint sprig, for garnish

Directions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle lime pieces and 3 green grapes until juices are released and fibers are broken down.
  2. Add pisco and syrup.
  3. Add enough ice to cover the liquid in the shaker, plus a bit more.
  4. Cover and shake vigorously for 10–15 seconds.
  5. Strain through a Hawthorne strainer into a 12-oz Collins glass.
  6. In your palm, take mint leaves and clap to release oils. Add to the cocktail.
  7. Fill glass with ice and stir with a bar spoon. Top with sparkling wine and stir again.
  8. Garnish with a skewer of the remaining grapes and the mint sprig.