Johnny Schuler's Romantic Pisco Recipe: Grapes and Roses

After speaking with the extremely interesting, environmentally conscious, pisco expert Johnny Schuler, we were just dying to get a taste of a pisco cocktail. Schuler mentioned that the drink Grapes and Roses was created for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival using his new Portón as the spirit ingredient. Apparently,...

By Liz Tracy

June 7, 2011

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After speaking with the extremely interesting, environmentally conscious, pisco expert Johnny Schuler, we were just dying to get a taste of a pisco cocktail. Schuler mentioned that the drink Grapes and Roses was created for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival using his new Portón as the spirit ingredient. Apparently, it was quite a big hit with the other mixologists that attended. Now you can taste the grapes, garnish with rose petals at home, and pisco your night away!

Grapes and Roses

Created by Gabriel Orta, Bar-Lab

Serving Size: Makes a 3oz. Tasting Cup

1 1/2 oz. Pisco Portón

4 muddled grapes

3/4 oz. grape juice

1/2 oz. lemon juice

1/2 oz. simple syrup

(1 tarragon branch)

1 light spray of rose water

In a mixing glass, muddle the grapes and tarragon. Add Pisco Portón, lemon juice, simple syrup. Add ice and shake thoroughly. Strain over a chilled martini glass. Spray with a mist of rose water. Garnish with a rose petal and serve.

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Liz Tracy is a culture and health journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Glamour, and Vox. Previously, she served as New Times Broward-Palm Beach's music editor for three years. Wherever she goes, she brings a little bit of Miami with her.

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