Porto Tónico: Night Orchard

Name: Porto Tónico: Night Orchard
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: 2 oz white port; 4 oz tonic water; Orange slice; Mint; 1/2 oz cloudy apple juice

Porto, Portugal Europe/Lisbon

History

A modern Portuguese aperitif that gives the country’s historic fortified wine the breezy gin-and-tonic treatment. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Apple lends orchard fruit, gentle acidity, and a cool-weather disguise.

Other · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

12 oz white port
24 oz tonic water
3Orange slice
4Mint
51/2 oz cloudy apple juice

Method

01Build over ice in a wine glass and stir gently.
02Add apple before chilling and finish with a thin apple slice when available.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.