After a season that seemed to linger endlessly, spring arrives in a flourish of warmth, radiant sunshine, and gardens in full bloom. With the shift in atmosphere comes the perfect invitation to gather your closest circle and indulge in refined moments of celebration. Embrace the elegance of the season with impeccably crafted cocktails—from luminous margaritas to effervescent spritzes—each designed to capture the spirit of spring in every exquisite sip.
NOLET’S Silver Grapefruit Rose Botanical Daisy
2 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
0.5 oz. Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit & Rose
1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp. Maraschino Syrup
Club Soda
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add NOLET’S Silver, Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit & Rose, lemon, and syrup. Shake and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Top with soda water. Garnish with 2 Maraschino cherries.
NOLET’S Silver Peach Orange Blossom Botanical Martini
2 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
0.5 oz. Ketel One Botanical Peach & Orange Blossom
2 Peach Slices
Peach Bitters
Add Muddle peach slices in a cocktail shaker with NOLET’S Silver, Ketel One Botanical Peach & Orange Blossom. Add ice, shake and strain into a martini glass. Add two dashes of peach bitters. Garnish with orange twist.
NOLET’S Silver Bees Knees
1.5 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
0.75 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz. Honey Syrup (2 : 1 honey to water ratio)
2 dashes Bitters (optional)
Small Pinch of Ginger Salt (optional)
In a cocktail shaker, mix fresh lemon juice and honey syrup. Add 2 dashes of bitters and a pinch of ginger salt (optional) along with NOLET’S Silver Gin. Shake with cracked ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with lemon peel.
Grand Smash
1.5 parts Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge
4 Lemon wedges
6-8 Mint Leaves
Muddle the lemons and mint in a shaker. Shake vigorously with ice. Pour over ice and enjoy.
Grand Collins
1.5 oz Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge (an exceptional blend of fine cognac and exotic bitter orange liqueur)
0.75 oz Fresh lemon juice
1 tsp Simple syrup
Soda water
Orange zest
Raspberry garnish
+Lemon wheel garnish
Place ice cubes in a highball glass and add Grand Marnier, then fresh lemon juice. Top up with soda water and stir. Then add orange zest and raspberry to garnish.
PATRÓN Silver Classic Margarita
1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver
1 oz Citrónge Orange Liqueur
.75 oz Fresh lime juice
.25 oz Simple syrup
Lime wedge for garnish
Kosher salt (optional)
Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously with ice to chill. Strain onto fresh ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a lime wedge. Optionally, salt half the rim of the glass with kosher salt.
PATRÓN Silver Mora Mule
1.5 oz Patrón Silver
3 oz Ginger beer
.8 oz Lime juice
.2 oz Agave syrup
9 Blackberries, 1 for garnish
3 Mint Leaves
Mint sprig for garnish
Combine all ingredients, except ginger beer into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled. Double strain into mule cup with ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a fresh blackberry and mint sprig.
The Macallan Garden of Legacy
40ml The Macallan Double Cask 12 Years Old
30ml Pink Grapefruit juice
10ml Sugar syrup
Pinch of sea salt
Top up with soda or tonic and garnish with a pink grapefruit wedge
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass, and add ice. Top up with soda or tonic. Garnish with a pink grapefruit wedge.
Campari Spritz
2 parts Campari
3 parts Cinzano Prosecco
1 part Soda Water
Ice
Orange slice garnish
Orange peel garnish
Fill the glass with ice. Add Prosecco, Campari and soda water. Garnish with an orange slice.
The Jasmine
1 1/2 oz Bulldog Gin
1/4 oz Campari
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
3/4 oz Fresh lemon juice
Lemon twist
Add all of the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Campari & Soda
1 part Campari
3 parts Soda Water
Orange garnish
Build over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
Raspberry Tequila Spritz Crafted by Alan Rusega-Pelayo
1.5oz Tequila Cazadores Reposado
1 oz. Lychee Juice (from canned lychee)
¼ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
5 Raspberries
1 pinch Kosher Salt
2 oz. Martini & Rossi Rosé
Muddle raspberries in the bottom of a wine glass. Add ice cubes. Pour in all remaining ingredients. Top with Rosé and stir gently. Garnish with a lime wheel and raspberry.
Blood Orange Margarita
1 ½ oz. Tequila Cazadores Blanco or Reposado
1 oz. agave nectar or simple syrup
¾ oz. Fresh lime juice
¾ oz. Perfect Puree Blood Orange concentrate
In a blender combine all the ingredients with a full scoop of ice, blend and serve in a 12 oz. glass. Garnish with a slice of orange, Manny Salt rim. *Manny’s Salt: Salt flavored with guajillo and pasilla chili peppers, hibiscus, sugar and lime.
The ‘3-2-1’ Aperol Spritz
Ice cubes
Aperol
Cinzano Prosecco
Soda Water (served from siphon or chilled bottle)
Slice of orange
In a stemmed balloon glass full of ice, combine 3 parts of Cinzano Prosecco followed by 2 parts Aperol. Add 1 part or a splash of soda water, stir gently if needed and garnish with an orange slice. The end result should be a uniform, perfect orange color.