{"id":1028,"date":"2015-06-12T16:57:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T21:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:57:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T21:57:06","slug":"cocktail-of-the-week-white-port-and-tonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2015\/06\/12\/cocktail-of-the-week-white-port-and-tonic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail of the week: White port and tonic"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the muggy days approaching the official first day of Summer, our thoughts turn to warm weather cocktails. Annabelle Kressman, this week’s official co-taster, and I sipped Fonseca Siroco<\/a> Extra Dry White Porto with Fever-Tree<\/a> Indian Premium Tonic this week, thankfully in air-conditioned comfort.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0417\"<\/a>White port, even the extra dry variety, is on the sweet side, slightly oaky, reminiscent of stone fruit and typically served chilled as an aperitif. It takes on a pleasantly citrus vibe when mixed with tonic, especially a tonic with a super clean edge like Fever-Tree.<\/p>\n

It isn’t complicated to make. Fill a rocks glass with ice, mix the porto and tonic to taste, add a spritz of fresh lime and enjoy.<\/p>\n

White port and tonic is a sophisticated blend and your guests might not be able to identify the potent potable unless you give them a hint. Or just tell them outright.<\/p>\n

Annabelle’s pronouncement: “Refreshing, different, very summery. A thumb’s up.”<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0409\"<\/a>Fonseca Siroco has been around since the 1950s, a great era for cocktails, which makes it an authentic and unexpected choice for a retro-style get-together. The port has a budget-friendly price point of $19, which means you can splurge on the Fever-Tree, which will set you back about $5 and change for a four-pack of 6.8-ounce bottles.<\/p>\n

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In the muggy days approaching the official first day of Summer, our thoughts turn to warm weather cocktails. Annabelle Kressman, this week’s official co-taster, and I sipped Fonseca Siroco Extra Dry White Porto with Fever-Tree Indian Premium Tonic this week, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,32],"tags":[206,65,516,518,517,69,519],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eat","category-shop","tag-cocktails","tag-fever-tree","tag-fonseca","tag-porto","tag-siroco","tag-tonic","tag-white"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2zjZK-gA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}