Spring Sipping Collection
4 products
When the humidity is so thick and oppressive you could cut it with a knife, the best way to cool down is with a batch of Aperol Spritz - like jumping straight into the cold waters of a fountain on a piazza. With its bright, gentle, bitter-sweet taste of orange and rhubarb, the classic and lively Italian aperitif with the secret recipe is a favorite all across Italy on hot summer afternoons and at garden parties, a cherished ritual of mixing with prosecco and soda and Aperol in the biggest balloon of a wine glass you can find. Modern bartenders have taken to serving Aperol year-round, too, by mixing it into winter cocktails like Hot Toddies or spiced aged-rum ciders or mixing it into spring refreshers like Pimm's Cups and champagne or gin punches.
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." No doubt, NYC native Humphrey Bogart himself would approve of this proudly independent, handcrafted gin made right in the Boroughs. Founders Emil Jättne and Joe Santos set out to make a high-quality small-batch American gin by hand - literally, they hand-crack the juniper berries and hand-cut the citrus slices for distilling. Perfect for sipping while you're waiting on your special someone to finish getting ready for summer cocktails at the Boat Basin or Taxi Beach, to mix up into a pitcher of Sea Breezes to share with a piano bar's worth of friends at home, or to share along with its maker story on 4th of July.
It's raining. Your Seamless delivery just arrived. The next obvious step is to crack open this Finger Lakes Dry Riesling. Empire Estate's dry style brings about a burst of acidity layered with ginger, lemon and lime zest that finishes like biting into a Summer peach - proving that Riesling doesn't have to be sweet. All of that acid and aromatics are the perfect pairing to wash away any number of items from Thai food to designer salads. New York state wine and delivery; If that's not an empire state of mind we don't know what is.
