This Watermelon Cocktail made with fresh watermelon juice and sparkling wine couldn’t be easier to make. And it is the most refreshing summer cocktail you’ll drink this summer. I have an aversion to artificial watermelon-flavored things (candy in particular). But fresh watermelon, I could gobble up for days. And with all the fresh watermelon that…
Cocktails and Drinks
Delicious cocktail & drink recipes. Some are even made with the help of your grill or smoker! Everything from smoked ice to grilled lemon simple syrup.
Bourbon Cocktail with Grilled Lemon Simple Syrup
We love Bourbon Cocktails in our house and this one just made it to the top of the list. A Grilled Lemon simple syrup is the base, then we add our favorite bourbon and a few dashes of cherry bitters. This cocktail is perfect whether looking for a summer bourbon cocktail, or just something creative…
Mulled Wine Recipe
Mulled Wine is a comforting winter drink made from a blend of red wine, spices, and citrus, served warm. This holiday classic is perfect for sitting by the fire or serving as a cocktail at your holiday parties. This easy traditional holiday cocktail comes together in less than 10 minutes! Mulled Wine Mulled wine, also…
Pomegranate Mimosa
A delicious and festive 4-ingredient Pomegranate Mimosa made with sparkling wine, Cointreau, and pomegranate juice (plus garnish). The perfect cocktail recipe for holiday parties! The Holiday Season is officially here (wohoo), and along with that comes the decorations, music, lights, shopping, and my favorite part, the holiday parties! Parties filled with good friends, good food,…
Holiday Gift Guide for Wine & Cocktail Lovers
Our Holiday Wine Gift Guide is perfect for the Wine and Cocktail Lovers on your list this year. This is part 2 of our Holiday Gift Guide. See our Gift Guide for BBQ, Grilling, and general foodies here. In part 1 I discuss my love/hate relationship with most gift guides and why we like to…
Classic Hot Toddy With Cognac
Classic Hot Toddy for those cold winter nights or a great classic cocktail. It’s that time of the year — cold and flu season. Or just plain cold (as in freezing outside!!!). And as much as I love me my wine, there are times when only a hot toddy will do. This is especially true…
How to make a Spanish Carajillo…
How to make a Spanish Carajillo …or rather how I learned the proper way to order coffee in Spain, and a recipe for a Spanish Carajillo and other Spanish coffee drinks. On our second day in Spain several years ago, our group enjoyed a fantastic two hour long lunch at Loreto Restaurant in Jumilla with the…
Bourbon Spiked Hot Apple Cider
Bourbon Spiked Hot Apple Cider is an incredibly delicious and oh-so-comforting hot drink. This easy autumn cocktail can also be served cold for a refreshing treat! A Hot Apple Cider Cocktail When the fall season comes around most people are getting exciting about their pumpkin spice lattes. But for me, as soon as October comes…
How to make the Ultimate Mimosa Bar (or Bellini)
How to Make the Ultimate Mimosa Bar! No matter what time of year it is, mimosas are always a great idea! Whether for a wedding or baby shower, celebration, or heck, even Sunday football, your brunch needs a mimosa! And we’re here to show you how to create the ultimate Mimosa Bar along with some…
Blackberry Aperol Spritz (recipe & video)
A Classic Aperol Spritz Recipe, with a Pacific Northwest twist. An Aperol Spritz is a light and refreshing Italian cocktail with the perfect balance of sweet and bitter. In this Aperol Spritz Recipe we give it new personality by adding some homemade blackberry simple syrup. Aperol Spritz, An Italian Cocktail Anybody who has been to the…
Champagne vs. Prosecco — What’s the Difference?
Sparkling wines come in a variety of styles and descriptions, but they all have specific meanings and places of origin. If you’re curious about the differences between Champagne and Prosecco and many of the other words used to describe delicious bubbly beverages, start here. “BUBBLES,” “SPARKLING WINE,” “PROSECCO,” “CHAMPAGNE” — WHAT THE HECK IS THE…
Smoked Ice Cocktail
This cocktail is a twist on a classic Old Fashioned using Smoked Ice. Yes, that’s right, Smoked ice. We’ve talked about smoked ice before, but we thought we’d bring it up again because it’s that time of year! You know what I’m talking about. The holidays (aka the time of year you’re going to need…
Smoked Bloody Mary with Smoked Bacon
Smoked Bloody Mary with Smoked Bacon is an absolute must try for your weekend brunch. It’s even better made with fresh summer tomatoes! Find out how to completely jazz up your next brunch with Smoked Bloody Marys! Since we first created this smoked bloody mary recipe back in 2014 it’s become a staple at any brunch…
What’s new at Ken’s Artisan Pizza?
Ken — a name that has become synonymous with some of the best pizza (and bread!) in Portland – has some exciting new additions to his well-known restaurant, which is now in its tenth year. Ken’s Artisan Pizza Shortly after I moved to Portland Ken’s Artisan Pizza quickly became our favorite pizza joint. Fast forward ten…
12 Game Day Recipes (on the Smoker or Grill)
Here are 12 awesome Game Day recipes that can be cooked on your smoker or grill for you to enjoy this year for Super Bowl Sunday or while watching your favorite game! Game Day Recipes Even in the dead of winter, people area willing to fire up the grill for their favorite Football team, especially…
The Smoky Old Man – A cocktail recipe…
… and a boozy birthday celebration Today is a big day. It’s Sean’s birthday. But not just any birthday, it’s his 40th birthday! I still remember when my mom turned 40 back when I was a kid. The house was decorated in black with “over the hill” signs everywhere. I grew up dreading the thought…
Cocktail Week — Adults Only Blueberry Lemonade with Gin
Cocktail Week continues today with… GIN I love the signature juniper berry flavor of gin. I love gin martinis. I love a refreshing gin and tonic. What’s not to love about gin?! And this bottle of gin makes me wonder why I don’t drink it more often. Produced in Scotland, Hendrick’s Gin is infused with…
Cocktail Week: Lemon Rhubarb Fizz Cocktail & Rolling River Spirits Vodka
Let’s talk about vodka shall we? Why not? Kids are back in school and folks are already talking about cooler weather and heartier food… in other words, the F word — fall! This whole fall business makes me uneasy since I’m a little obsessed with summer and don’t want to see it go (ever!). Vodka…
Cocktails Week: Simple Simple Syrup Recipes
Cocktails Week It’s cocktails week here on Vindulge. We’re putting wine aside this week and dedicating an entire week to booze! I am not a professional mixologist, but I have been on quite the cocktails kick this summer. I blame my kids. No, not that they drive me to drink, but that their favorite activity…
Friday Favorites – Touring Oregon Wine Country
A weekly roundup of my favorite things this week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. Since returning to Oregon I’ve tried to immerse myself in Pacific Northwest wines, specifically on understanding the intricacies of each wine-growing region. This week I had the opportunity to spend some time focusing on two different regions…
Friday Favorites — Touring Portland with Friends
A weekly roundup of my favorite things in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. Two of my dearest friends, Allison and Lynn, were visiting last weekend from CA, one of whom I’ve been BFF’s since we were fifteen years old, singing and dancing our way through high school together. We had a lot…