The Riviera Spritz — A Tender is the Night Cocktail
Okay, cards on the table—it is a bit ironic (and maybe even slightly cheeky) to craft a cocktail in honor of a writer who famously wrestled with alcohol, especially when that very struggle plays out in Tender is the Night. But hey, I trust you all to sip smartly and know your limits. This one’s for the glamorous, the lavish, the drama queens of the Riviera: The Riviera Spritz.
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It’s easier said than done to wade through the pain of the now to get to someday, and I don’t want you to think I’ve mastered it: I haven’t. Just last week, I was thinking I was at my happiest blonde, praying for time machines to turn back a clock. Reading Tender is the Night was a reminder that even if I managed to hold onto something—the way Dick tried to hold onto Nicole and Rosemary, for example—it wouldn’t be the same. Even in resisting change, you change. You change in the missing, in the grieving, in the living, and simply the passage of time. You’ll find that whatever you think you long for isn’t it at all, and there would never be a recreation of it. The moment has passed, and all you’re left to do is get through. (Nina Naval, Tender is the Night, But Deadly It Remains)
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The Riviera Spritz
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Aperol
- 2 oz sparkling rosé
- 1 oz elderflower liqueur
- Top with club soda or champagne
- Orange twist/edible flower for garnish
Instructions:
- Fill a wine glass or coupe with ice
- Add Aperol and Elderflower Liqueur.
- Pour in the sparkling rosé
- Top with club soda/champagne
- Garnish and serve!