Valentines Day will most likely be inside this year and while you already know where to eat this Valentine's Day in New York City, do you know what to drink? It was always easy to choose the most expensive bottle or decadent cocktail at a restaurant, but this year your probably up to your own devices. No one wants a stale wine or poorly crafted cocktail. No need to worry. Below are the best wines and cocktails recipes for you to have for Valentine's Day.

Best Wines To Drink This Valentines Day

Looking for a fun Valentine’s Day activity to spruce up quarantine life? Purchase individual chocolate fondue kits (Amazon $15.59) to pair chocolate strawberries with INTRINSIC’s Red Blend ($25/bottle).

This blend of 51% Malbec and 49% Cabernet Franc is every bit as delicious as the bottle is beautiful and features a unique label with refined notes of raspberry, white tea leaves, a hint of fresh mint and lavender. The flavors are layered with milk chocolate, fig reduction, dark plum and licorice root, and the texture is angular, yet sophisticated, with chocolate ganache details in the finish.

Bonterra Rosé Boxed Wine

Bonterra’s boxed Rosé delivers the purity of flavor of Bonterra’s organically farmed wine in a convenient, eco-friendly 1.5-liter format. Good for up to 30 days after opening, the wine can be enjoyed throughout the whole month of February ($22.99)

2018 The Prisoner Cabernet Sauvignon

For the cool, knows-the-best-music-or-restaurants-before-they’re-mainstream Valentine: 2018 The Prisoner Cabernet Sauvignon (SRP $54.99). This Cabernet was just released under the iconic “The Prisoner” label and will surely achieve the acclaim of the brand’s Red Blend. The wine features concentrated dark fruit flavors for a lush, full mouthfeel. On the nose, aromas of black cherry and ripe plum mix with vanilla and baking spice. Pair with a hearty red meat like filet mignon.

e: 2018 The Prisoner Cabernet Sauvignon (SRP $54.99). This Cabernet was just released under the iconic “T

Dom Pérignon Rosé is a tribute to Pinot Noir. The bouquet is mesmerizing, ripe, and complex. The opening notes are a blend of dark spices and cocoa which develop very quickly into fruit aromas. Fruit reigns supreme, with roasted fig and apricot and candied orange. The overall effect exudes smoky accents.

Indulge in Meiomi’s Pinot Noir for an intimate dinner for two. Perfectly paired with grilled meat or pasta dishes, the flavor-forward Pinot Noir offers a rich taste providing complexity and depth to the palate.

A rich garnet color, the wine reveals lifted fruit aromas of bright strawberry and jammy fruit, mocha, vanilla, and toasty oak. Expressive boysenberry, blackberry, dark cherry, juicy strawberry, and toasty mocha flavors lend complexity to the soft, plush palate. The well-integrated oak provides structure and depth seldom seen in Pinot Noir.

For the Valentine who was supposed to visit wine country last year: 2018 Robert Mondavi Winery Pinot Noir Carneros (SRP $29.99). This mouthwatering Pinot Noir hails from the property that put Napa Valley on the world’s winemaking map. The wine’s bright acidity and flavors of black cherry and plum shine through in the glass and illustrate the beauty of the fruit from this incredible terroir. This wine pairs beautifully with roasted chicken.

Thiénot x Penfolds Champagne - $200 USD

A collaboration a first of its kind for Penfolds, bringing together two major wine regions, the Australian winery partnered with the family champagne house Thiénot to release two new champagnes varietals from the 2012 vintages: 2012 Champagne Thiénot x Penfolds Blanc de Blancs (Avize Grand Cru) & 2012 Champagne Thiénot x Penfolds Blanc de Noirs (Ay Grand Cru). The wines represent the joint effort of Thiénot chef de cave Nicolas Uriel and Penfolds Chef Winemaker Peter Gago. Both share mutual style, quality ambitions and philosophies, resulting in a must-try champagne of fruit, freshness, and finesse.

Best Cocktails To Have This Valentines Day

The Belvedere Herbal Soda Recipe

Ingredients:

1.5 oz / 50 ml Belvedere Vodka

5 oz / 150 ml Soda Water

3-4 dashes Peychaud Bitters

Lemon Zest

Build in highball glass over cube ice, garnish with a lemon zest.

Kim Crawford Rosé Mimosa

Ingredients:

¼ cup and 2 Tbsp sugar

¼ cup and 2 Tbsp water

1 bottle Kim Crawford Rosé

½ bottle Ruffino Prosecco

8 rosemary sprigs to garnish

Directions:

In a small saucepan bring the sugar and water to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes until dissolved. Cool and mix in the Kim Crawford Rosé. Freeze in a loaf pan, breaking up occasionally till frozen solid. Process in batches in a food processor till smooth then freeze again until firm. Scoop into coupe glasses and pour over Prosecco. Garnish with rosemary and serve immediately.

TIP: Garnish with any fresh aromatic herb such as basil, mint, or a small slice of melon.

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2 oz Grey Goose vodka

¼ oz Fino sherry

Orange zest

Method: Stir the spirits into a cocktail shaker. Strain into a well-chilled glass. Set aflame an orange zest over the drink, then use as a garnish.

Velvet Fire

Best served chilled or consumed as a shot, Velvet Fire combines 2 parts Disaronno Velvet and 1 part Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire.

Opening the door to where the Italian elegance of Amaretto meets the legendary world of American whiskey, Velvet Fire is the perfect combination of celebration and indulgence. Creating a smooth cinnamon pour, Velvet Fire combines the floral almond character and chocolate and vanilla nuances of Disaronno Velvet’s floral almonds and Amaretto character with nuances of chocolate and vanilla, all while blending the warming notes of cinnamon liqueur and depth of Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 for an instant creamy classic.

Velvet Fire, which features a 750ml bottle of both Disaronno Velvet and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire, is now available nationwide with a suggested retail price of $49.99. The suggested retail price for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire is $19.99, with Disaronno Velvet available at a suggested retail price of $29.99.

Hey, Honey

The classic whiskey sour with a fresh twist that’s sure to get your sweetheart’s attention.

Ingredients:

2 fl oz Four Roses Small Batch

1 ½ fl oz Honey Simple Syrup

½ fl oz Lemon Juice

5 drops Angostura Bitters

Mix all ingredients. Serve and enjoy.

Dale Moss’s Game Day Mule

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz Grey Goose Vodka

½ oz Martini Riserve Rubino

½ oz Lime Juice

Fever Tree Spice Orange Ginger ale

Orange wedge

Combine the first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake and pour over ice in a cooper mule glass. Top with the Fever Tree Spiced Orange Ginger Ale and garnish with an orange wedge.

Spiced Tonic Highball

2oz Dewar’s Portuguese Smooth

Fever Tree Aromatic Tonic

Add whisky to chilled highball glass, fill with ice and top with soda. Garnish with the orange.

D’USSE Between The Sheets

1 oz D'USSE VSOP

½ oz Bacardi superior

½ oz orange liqueur

½ oz honey

¾ oz fresh lemon juice

1 pinch of Cayenne pepper powder

Method: Shaken vigorously with ice, strain in a coupette or enjoy over crushed ice.

Partida Paloma

2oz Partida Blanco

1 oz ruby red grapefruit juice

.5 oz fresh lime juice

.5 oz simple syrup

1.5 oz grapefruit soda

Shake and strain into a highball glass over ice, add soda, and stir. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

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Love Struck

1.5 oz Vodka

1.5 oz Passoã Passion Fruit Liqueur

1 oz cranberry juice

0.5 oz lemon juice

0.5 oz simple syrup

0.75 oz Prosecco

Combine all ingredients except prosecco with ice and shake. Strain into a coupe or Nick and Nora glass and top with prosecco.

Ingredients

1 750 ml. Bottle dry Rosé
1/2 cup Natalie’s Grapefruit Juice
1/2 cup Vodka
1/4 cup Agave nectar (or sweetener of your choice), to taste
1 cup Fresh strawberries and/or raspberries
1 Blood orange, thinly sliced
1 Red grapefruit, thinly sliced
1/4 cup Agave nectar (or sweetener of your choice)
Club soda, for topping (optional)

In a medium-sized pitcher, combine wine, grapefruit juice, agave nectar, vodka & fruit. Stir well. Chill for several hours or overnight. When ready to serve, add chilled club soda, if desired. Pour into wine glasses. Garnish with oranges, grapefruit & berries.

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