Commercial as it may be, there is no better time to show you care than on Valentine’s Day – especially if you do it in a fun, original and delicious way! Even if it is as simple as a special drink!

Prepare our charming Pink Panther Wine Cocktail – it will break the ice when the romance is still budding and close the deal when the romance is in bloom…

Pink Panther Wine Cocktail

Serves 2

Ingredients

Sugar Syrup

250 ml (1 cup) water

220 g (1 cup) sugar

Remaining Ingredients

250 ml  Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Chardonnay Pinot Noir

30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh grapefruit juice

2 egg whites

100 ml sparkling white grape juice

edible flowers, to decorate

METHOD

For the sugar syrup, place the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce the heat and let it cook for 10 minutes. Set the syrup aside until needed.

To make the wine cocktail, pour the Leopard’s Leap Chardonnay Pinot Noir, grapefruit juice, 30 ml of the sugar syrup and egg white into a shaker filled with crushed ice. Shake vigorously, 10 – 15 seconds. Pour into a Champagne coupe or flute using a strainer. Top with sparkling white grape juice and decorate with colourful edible flowers.