SUMMER DRINKS GUIDE
Bright colours, eye-catching labels, interesting flavour combinations, and drinks that are equal parts fun and delicious is what we’re aiming for this summer. After a year that was, for many of us, far from fun, it’s time to shake things up. Bring back a mid-week cocktail hour with new and exciting Australian-produced bottled cocktails, explore experimental whites and lesser-seen varieties like aligoté and musque, or crunchy, chill-them-down reds like gamay. Even the sans alcohol world is pushing the boundaries with refreshments that are so enticing you won’t miss the buzz.
WHITES AND LIGHTS
1 2020 Mac Forbes EB63 ‘Princess Leia’ Aligoté, King Valley, Vic, $30
The first release of aligoté under Mac’s Experimental Batch range from King Valley-sourced fruit shows the appeal for growing this variety in Australia. Known as the “secret sister” to chardonnay, expect a medium-bodied white with
