Pear, Pomegranate & Prosecco Drink

It is so summery! Light and refreshing, a must try!

Serves: 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

·      1 ½ c pear nectar

·      ½ c pomegranate juice

·      2 c Prosecco, chilled

·      pomegranate seeds

·      4 flutes

Preparation

In a large pitcher, mix together pear nectar, pomegranate juice and prosecco.

Place pomegrante seeds evenly in the bottom of the 4 flutes.

Fill each glass with the cocktail, serve and enjoy.

1800 Sunrise Sangria

1 orange

1 lime

1 750ml bottle Prosecco

1 cup 1800 tequila

2 cups sprite or ginger ale

1 Bosc pear, cored and cut into 1/2 inch pieces

1/2 pint raspberries

Slice half the orange into circles then slice in half to form half moons. Squeeze the second half into a large pitcher filled with ice. Do the same with the lime.

Add the Prosecco, soda, and the 1800 to the pitcher and gently combine.

Add fruit and serve.

(source ffoodd)

(Source: drinksfordrinkers, via ffoodd)

SCOTT STEEN Quartet

On Thursday 28th July, the Scott Steen Quartet will perform at the Cantina Fasol Menin, Valdobbiadene (TV), during the FVGFestival Duemilaundici.

L.A. trumpet player Scott Steen and his band will play “Remembering Miles”.

Steen has been playing with Bette Midler, the Cirque du Soleil and also James Brown, Stewart Copeland, Freddie Hubbard, Wild Bill, Davidson & Roy Eldridge.

Visit Vidor and sample Taste of London Summer Wine Award 2011 winner DOCG Prosecco Riccardo if you have time!

This is The Wine Tipster‘s latest review:

On Wednesday night at the VIP Taste of London Secret Garden party we announced the winners of the inaugural Best in Taste Wine Awards sponsored by Blue Tomato magazine.

This competition was open to all the wine exhibitors and producers at Taste of London. We decided on three fun wine categories for the awards: Taste of Summer Wine, Foodies Wine and Indulgence Wine. I enlisted the help of Mickey Narea, sommelier at Launceston Place, Denise Medrano, The Wine Sleuth, and Roberto Della Pietra, sommelier at Gauthier Soho for the judging.

In order to taste the 80 wines entered, we set aside three hours for our blind tasting – this is the correct way to judge wines by covering up the labels. Each of the wines were then marked out of 20. We agreed on a shortlist of three wines per category. Our Foodies Wine Award shortlist revealed diversity, with Pizzato Concentus 2005 – a Brazilian red made from Cabernet Sauvignon Tannat and Merlot – gaining a place (Stand: Go Brazil); whilst a silky, smooth red from Portugal namedZimbro Douro 2006 made it to the Taste of Summer Wine Award shortlist. The Reserva Malbec 2008, Norton Argentina (Stand:Berkmann Wines) was a contender for the Indulgence Wine Award.

The trophy winners were: 
Taste of Summer Wine Award - Prosecco Riccardo DOCG, Italy. Stand:Harmonicande Vintners. A superb, crowd pleasing bubbly.

Foodies Wine Award - Gran Feudo Edición Chardonnay 2008, Bodegas Chivite, Spain. Stand: Chivite. Classy, well structured, perfect for a foodie match.

Indulgence Wine Award - Felsina Vin Santo 2001, Italy. Stand:Design Wine. Delicate, exotic with balanced sweetness.

Make sure you taste all the winning wines at the show – they can be found in the Taste Wine Wine Village, except for the Reserva Malbec from Norton, which is featured on the Berkmann Wines stand. Keep looking out for more wine recommendations during the event.

Today is the last day of Taste of London: we are special guest of Harmonicande Vintners Ltd, stand W2 of Wine Boutique. Come and taste our award winning Prosecco.

(source Riccardo’s Blog)

On June 16 – 19, Azienda Riccardo will be in Regent’s Park for the 2011 edition of Taste of London, a four days of summer eating, drinking and entertainment.

Regent’s Park will be hosting 40 plus of the city’s best restaurants, while 200 producers will provide the best in food and beverages, ensuring that guests sample and shop from a range of products in the laid back atmosphere of a boutique food market.

(source Riccardo’s Blog)