Marques De Carano Gran Reserva 2001 - Red Wine

Grandes Vinos y Vinedos was set up as a company in 1997. It emerged from the need that several Cooperatives from the region had to find a common way to market the wines they produced. They own over 5000 hectares of vineyards & over 12.000 barrels (American & French).

Aragon can proudly claim to be one of Spain's most famous traditional wine-producing lands. It has more recently developed a reputation for producing some of the best value wines in Europe, based on the Tempranillo and Garnacha grape varieties. Carinena is a region of low rainfall and long hot, sunny days. Grapes are carefully hand harvested and then aged for 24 months in American oak barrels with a further 36 months maturation in bottle.

A richly flavoured, full bodied wine made from Tempranillo and Garnacha grapes, giving cherry and raspberry fruit flavours combining with gentle spicy notes gained from the long maturation period in barrel and bottle.

Enjoy with roasted red meats, game and strong cheeses. It goes well with lasagna.

75cl Bottle, 12.5% Vol

Sutter Home White Zinfandel Rose Wine

Sutter Home Winery was founded in the late 1800's and has always produced quality wines at reasonable prices. The Trinchero family purchased the winery in 1947 and has pioneered many industry innovations over the past half century.

Continuing the tradition of producing good wines at a fair price, Sutter Home Winery offers a full selection of red, white and blush varietals. Celebrate life's everyday occasions with Sutter Home wines.

Description:

A delicate blush pink colour introduces this fresh, lively wine. On your palate, light creaminess surrenders to a refreshing crisp finish of strawberries and melon.

Enjoy Sutter Home White Zinfandel Rose Wine chilled as an aperitif, or partnered with all types of foods, particularly those with a slight spiciness, such as Asian or Latin cuisine.

75cl Bottle. 9.5% Vol.

Sangria - Spain

Sangria, is a delicious, fruit-based wine "punch" with its traditional heritage well rooted in Spain. Typically, Sangria is made with red wine, fresh, seasonal fruit and a bit of bubbly water or citrus flavored soda. It is easy to make, easy to drink and a huge hit at summer get togethers - even for those who are not "into wine." While Spain is heralded as the creator of Sangria, countries all over the globe have adapted the recipe to make a fruit-filled wine beverage that is refreshing and easy to drink with a wide variety of foods.

A light, dry, young, acidic, unoaked, fruit forward red wine, usually Rioja, Tempranillo, or Grenache in Spain; other reds that work well include French wines such as Gamay or Beaujolais, and Italian wines such as Grignolino, Bardolino, Dolcetto, Freisa, or Lambrusco.

Chopped or sliced fruit (often orange, lemon, apple, peach, berries, pineapple; occasionally melon, grape, or mango)

A sweetener such as honey, sugar, simple syrup, orange juice, and/or fruit nectar

A small amount of added brandy, triple sec, or other spirits and ice

Carbonated soda, in some recipes

Classic Sangria

Ingredients:

1 orange, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced
2 tablespoons superfine granulated sugar
1 bottle spanish red wine
1/2 cup cognac
1/4 cup orange liqueur
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 cup chilled seltzer water (Lemonade)

Directions:

Wash and slice fruit. Dissolve sugar in cognac and orange luqueur. Add sugar, cognac and orange liqueur and fruit to a pither or punch bowl. Pour in wine. Stir to mix in fruit.

Mango Lassi

Lassi is a popular and traditional yoghurt-based drink which originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It is made by blending yoghurt with water, salt, pepper, ice and Indian spices. Traditional lassi is sometimes flavored with ground roasted cumin. Sweet lassi, blended with sugar instead of spices, is also very popular.

1 ripe mango, peeled and chopped (or tinned mango or tinned mango pulp)
150ml/5fl oz milk
175ml/6fl oz natural yogurt2 tsp sugar

Method
1. Put all the ingredients into a blender and blitz.
2. Pour into glasses and add some ice cubes.

or

Mix Mango pulp and yoghurt 1:2 by volume. Add sugar and/or milk as required.

Pina Colada

Bacardi Oro Rum, Pineapple Juice, Milk & Cream and Coconut Syrup served over crushed ice.

Cosmopolitan

Vodka, Cointreau, Lime, Angostura Orange Bitter, Cranberry Juice, Finished with an orange twist