Wine: summer cocktails

Rain or shine, the last Bank Holiday of summer is the perfect excuse to mix up a classic cocktail. Wine is all very well, but if the weather’s lousy, a stiff mixed drink is what we all need to invoke a summery mood. And if it’s warm, what could be more beguiling than recreating a tropical paradise in your glass, albeit without the legendary “green flash” as the sun sets. I hate lurid, wishy-washy, sickly-sweet Mickey Mouse cocktails, complete with rainbow colours and dyed fruit that reeks of suntan lotion. Alcohol is the thing in every cocktail, and far better to opt for one full-strength, full-flavour glass of a grown-up tropical punch than descend to the kindergarten. Times Online Article...