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Drink of the Week: Minnesota Martini
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Minnesota Martini
Dakota Jazz Club
Opulent Vodka, Alexis Bailey ice wine, orange twist and fresh mint
$10.50
Legend has it that Winston Churchill used to merely whisper the word “vermouth” over his martini. If that's too high-octane, but you don't like to fill your boozohol with pomegranate juice either, try the Dakota's “Minnesota Martini.”
Instead of vermouth, the concoction is made with ice wine. The dessert wine is made from grapes frozen on the vine, and hence has more concentrated sugar. But when combined with the vodka, it's more refreshing than sweet vermouth. This results in a delightfully drinkable cocktail that's more or less true to the lush (heh) roots of the martini. Cheap? Nope. Tasty? Absolutely. Er, Opulently.
Posted by Jeff Shaw at May 30, 2008 5:17 AM
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Comments
Just to be anal... Thought the recipe you describe sounds tasty it's a cocktail, not a Martini.
A Martini is traditionally Gin and Vermouth (though some will stoop to using vodka, sigh..)
But the anal part... I'm tired of restaurants/bars/shows etc. calling perfectly fine and good cocktails Martinis like it somehow makes them better.
To my ears it like calling all Christians Lutherans, cause hey there's really no difference right?
(rant off. :-) )
Posted by: pcomeau at May 31, 2008 5:08 PM
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