MADE Magazine Issue 6 - English January / February 2016 | Page 55

Present

THE NEW
AMERICAN
WINE DRINKER
Seductive Nights
Wine Cocktail Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 Ecco Domani Merlot
1 oz of Bourbon
4 Maraschino Cherries
.25 oz of simple syrup
1 lemon to squeeze

The New American Wine Drinker

using a mix of their favorite

wants more than a drink; they

potions while creating their own

want an experience. Curating

tastings with friends.

DIRECTIONS:

experiences over cocktails is

“Celebrate The Tongue is our

what the founders of the Guilty

motto,” Nicole Nichols says, after

Muddle cherries in tin with
squeeze of lemon

Grape hope millennials like them

explaining that they discovered

will connect to.

the

Add all other ingredients minus
merlot

After a trip to wine country in

friends over cocktails. “We hope

Sonoma, the twins discovered

to appeal to an audience who

a void in the wine industry: no

desires more than a drink. Life’s

Shake and pour over ice

wine brand completely appealed

unique experiences and triumphs

to

other

should be the main attraction and

Garnish with a lemon wedge
and cherry on a toothpick

millennials who had the same

our drinks will be the icing on the

experience, the Nichols twins

cake.”

company’s

celebrating

them.

Representing

tagline

while

successes

with

created the change they wanted
to see by creating wine cocktails

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CULTURE
FOOD
& WINE

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