Sips & Synopsis - This Weeks Makings

• Cocktails that start with wine

• Trivia Question

• Drink of the Week - The Red Wine Negroni

• Mocktail Moment: Concord Grape Shrub Sparkler

• Sunset in a Glass in Kyoto

🌙 What’s in Your Glass This Week...

October’s skies are putting on a show with a rare series of supermoons, and your cocktail game should rise to match. This week, we’re mixing drinks that glow, sparkle, and shine - each crafted for sipping slowly under moonlight, whether from a backyard, a rooftop, or under a blanket on your porch.

✔️ Drink of the Week: Blood Moon Margarita 
✔️ Bonus cocktails inspired by constellations & cosmic color
✔️ A dreamy mocktail with orchard fruit & fizz
✔️ A story about savoring the night sky
✔️ Cocktail gear to elevate your moonlit ritual
✔️ Trivia & a quote to toast the cosmos

Let’s drink to the orbit of flavor.

Trivia Question❓

Why does the moon appear larger and redder during a lunar eclipse or “blood moon”?

Answer at the bottom of the newsletter

🔥 Drink of the Week: Blood Moon Margarita

Bold, juicy, and just the right amount of mysterious - this margarita glows with blood orange and a Tajín kick, perfect for supermoon sipping.

Ingredients:

• 2 oz blanco tequila

• 1 oz blood orange juice

• 0.75 oz lime juice

• 0.5 oz agave syrup (adjust to taste)

• Tajín or chili salt for the rim

• Garnish: dehydrated orange or blood orange slice

Directions:

1. Rim a rocks glass with lime and Tajín or chili salt.

2. In a shaker with ice, add tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice, and agave.

3. Shake well and strain over fresh ice into your rimmed glass.

4. Garnish with a citrus wheel and enjoy with the moon overhead.

Pro tip: Use freshly squeezed blood orange juice when in season - or bottled (100% juice) when it’s not.

✨ Bonus Cocktails

1. Moonlight Martini

• 1.5 oz gin

• 0.75 oz Lillet Blanc

• 0.25 oz Crème de Violette

• Lemon twist

Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass. Pale, aromatic, and full of quiet glamour.

2. Starlight Spritz

• 3 oz prosecco

• 0.5 oz lavender syrup

• 0.5 oz lemon juice

• Top with soda

Build in a wine glass over ice. Garnish with a lemon wheel and edible flower if you're feeling fancy.

Mocktail Moment: Midnight Orchard Fizz

• 2 oz pear nectar

• 0.5 oz lemon juice

• 0.25 oz maple syrup

• Sparkling water to top

• Garnish: rosemary sprig or thyme

Shake the first three ingredients with ice. Strain over ice in a highball, top with bubbles, and feel the chill vibes roll in.

Sipping Under the Supermoon

There’s something about nighttime in October. The way the air cools just enough to feel like an invitation. The quiet. The softness. The moon, bigger and brighter than usual, pulling your attention, and your glass, skyward.

This week’s drinks aren’t meant to be rushed. They’re meant for pause. For ritual. For gathering your people (or your peace) and watching the world slow down.

Whether you’re on a patio, fire escape, or wrapped in a blanket by the window, let your drink be a little reminder: you are orbiting something beautiful.

🛍️ Bar Cart Upgrades

• 🌕 Etched Stars and Dots Glasses – For sipping with the stars

• 🌶️ Tajín Clasico Seasoning (2-pack) – For the boldest Blood Moon rim