The Pretty Peartini Wine cocktail will kick-start your party, charm your guests and establish you as a sophisticated summer host!

Recipe for our Unwooded Chardonnay Peartini

 Ingredients

15 ml sugar, for the rim

lemon-zest, for the rim

1 lemon wedge, for the rim

30 ml vodka

60 ml Leopard’s Leap Unwooded Chardonnay

60 ml pear-juice

15 ml lemon-juice

15 ml simple syrup (see recipe below)

ice, to fill the cocktail shaker

30 ml sparkling water

Simple syrup

250 ml (1 cup) water

220 g (1 cup) sugar

Method

Combine the sugar with fresh lemon-zest in a shallow bowl. Run the edge of a cut lemon along the rim of the glass and dip the edge in the lemon sugar. Place into the refrigerator to set while you mix the drink.

Add the vodka, wine, pear-juice, lemon-juice and simple syrup into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, put the lid on and shake well. Strain into a prepared Martini glass and top with the sparkling water.