For those of us who do not limit elegance and flair to the festive season, the Peartini wine cocktail is just the thing! It will kick start your party, charm your guests and establish you as the ever-so sophisticated summer host!

Recipe for the Leopard’s Leap Unwooded Chardonnay Peartini

Ingredients

• 15 ml sugar, for the rim
• lemon zest, for the rim
• 1 lemon wedge, for the rim
• 30 ml vodka
• 60 ml Leopard’s Leap Unwooded Chardonnay
• 60 ml pear-juice
• 15 ml lemon juice
• 15 ml simple syrup (see recipe below)
• ice, to fill the cocktail shaker
• 30 ml sparkling water

Simple syrup

• 250 ml (1 cup) water
• 220 g (1 cup) sugar