11/02/2026
Cocktails 🍸🍹
So, I really like cocktails but almost never have them. They always sound tempting but then I open my mouth to order and I find myself saying ‘I’ll have the rosé please’
The lack of wine choices here means I’ve had 4 cocktails already.
First was a pit stop on a bike ride, asked for a rosé but the only wine type drink on the menu was Prosecco. Wild to me as it was a huge bar. Plumped for a raspberry margherita, wasn’t disappointed.
Next up was a restaurant in Little Havana. Was simply too embarrassed to ask for a rosé in an authentic Cuban restaurant, so went for a passion fruit mojito, delicious! If we were staying longer, I would’ve had more and sacked off the wine completely, and maybe opened an outlet of The Mojito Sisters 🍹Perhaps I will learn to make this and serve it at the shop.
Then we went to the basketball. We struggle for wine when we go to events in London but there’s usually something half bearable hiding on some small stand for an exorbitant amount of money. Here, however, no chance. The only white/rosé option was a semi sweet Chardonnay, so back to cocktails. First a Patron Paloma, just tasted of tequila with a squeeze of grapefruit, bad. Then a Bacardi spicy mango mojito, overly sweet, wouldn’t have again. At least I ended up with these 2 handy metal tumblers. Will be used later for rosé on the beach, and probably come back as a Redbourn Common cup for the summer.
While there’s decent wine on offer I won’t be completely converted to cocktails, but I’m glad I was pushed out of my comfort zone, well at least for the first 2. Cheers. Off to find a rosé, maybe a sparkling one🥂
