When you have half an hour between work and your responsibilities at home, the refreshing Halfvyf Spritz is just what you need! It has festive brandy, berries and a celebratory fizz.

Ingredients

25 ml Cognac / Brandy 
75 ml Leopard's Leap Chardonnay Pinot Noir
50 ml Red Berry Shrub (see recipe below) 
50 ml Cranberry Juice 
50 ml Sparkling Water 
Fruit for garnish

Method

To make the Red Berry Shrub:

In a mixing bowl:

Cover 1 kg of mixed berries with a cup of granulated white sugar.
Add a pinch of salt and 25 ml of white wine spirit vinegar
Add 25 ml of vanilla liqueur and the peel of 1 lemon
Cover mix for 2 days and then fine strain into a mason jar

To build the cocktail:

Step 1 Build all ingredients into a goblet

Step 2 Add ice to top

Step 3 Stir until completely chilled

Step 4 Garnish with fruit, placed into goblet (pineapple chunk, mint, orange zest and baby's breath)

Recipe by Travis Kuhn