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Vive l'apéritif

Name: Vive l'apéritif
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Aromatized wine; 100 ml Tonic water

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
3 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Thomas Henry Tonic Water

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Wine glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a WINE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of cucumber slice, and preferably also strawberry, & mint springs.
POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with cucumber slice, and preferably also strawberry, & mint springs bouquet.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vive l'apéritif contains 108 calories

Alcohol content:

0.5 standard drinks
5.15% alc./vol. (10.3° proof)
6.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a signature serve promoted by Lillet Blanc as “Lillet Vive”. In French, the word Vive means live or long life, so Lillet Vive means Lillet Life while Vive l'apéritif translates as long live the apéritif.

Review

Thirst quenching, refreshing and low in alcohol. A great drink for a summer's afternoon or even before lunch.

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Comments & Discussion

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MiRiNaeJM 1y

I tried the official Lillet Spritz recipe, but it was no fun. Then I came across this article and, without adding any garnish but, I tried a dash of celery bitters — it worked quite well.

Benedikt Premium Member 1y

Super refreshing and quite interesting drink. I recommend not stirring after adding the sparkling wine as to create a sort of layered drink that starts very wine-heavy and progresses as you sip, leaving you with almond and cherry dominating at the end. And a lot of fun stops inbetween of course

Monkey Beng 2y

In France, we also say "l'apéro" to cut the word

Alexandre Perron 4y

I would not say this is exceptional, but this is definitely a drink to try

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