{"id":5363,"date":"2011-11-09T07:14:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T12:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2011-11-09T07:15:22","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T12:15:22","slug":"use-clairette-de-die-cuvee-imperiale-as-a-cocktail-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/use-clairette-de-die-cuvee-imperiale-as-a-cocktail-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale as a Cocktail Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/110911.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5365\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-color: transparent; border-style: solid;\" title=\"110911\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/110911.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale is produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaillance-sofresh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jaillance<\/a>. On the Jaillance So\u2019 Fresh website there are recipes for cocktails made with the Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale. Not having the ingredients, I decided to experiment. One recipe called for rye whisky. So I wondered what would happen if I substituted Bourbon.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe calls for 1\/4 oz of rye whisky so I went to measure 1\/4 oz of Bourbon. Measuring a quarter ounce takes some resolve. Kathy spent hours shopping for a measuring cup that was graduated in fractions of an ounce. Luckily Bed, Bath and Beyond carries an Oxo measuring cup that has marking for 1\/4 oz as well as 1\/2 oz, 1 oz, 1 1\/2 oz and 2 oz.<\/p>\n<p>My Bourbon was a Russell\u2019s Reserve small batch 10 year old Kentucky Bourbon in a bottle signed by Jimmy Russell. Measure a quarter ounce of Bourbon, a quarter ounce of lemon juice and top off with the Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale. My first thought was, \u201cThis tastes like a cocktail.\u201d The Bourbon affected the aroma and taste, however the Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale came through with the orange nuances on the aftertaste. The sparkling wine is slightly sweet so I didn\u2019t nee to add any sugar. You can find recipes on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaillance-sofresh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jaillance<\/a> So Fresh site and on Wine Trail Traveler recipe menu under <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/recipes\/food.php#Beverages\" target=\"_blank\">beverages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Use Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale as a Cocktail Base\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=5363\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale is produced by Jaillance. On the Jaillance So\u2019 Fresh website there are recipes for cocktails made with the Clairette de die Cuv\u00e9e Imp\u00e9riale. Not having the ingredients, I decided to experiment. One recipe called for rye whisky. So I wondered what would happen if I substituted Bourbon. The recipe calls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[2455,2456,413],"class_list":["post-5363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-clairette-de-die-cuvee-imperiale","tag-cocktails","tag-thanksgiving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5367,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions\/5367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}