Last week Mrs. Thirsty Lawyer and I went to Hospitality Uncorked where Caroline Beteta, the CEO of our client Visit California, was being honored for her commitment to California's hospitality industry. It was a great event with food stations from well known Southern California restaurants and wine from some of California's finest wineries. Also present was Northern California based wine and spirits maker, Charbay. Charbay is an extremely unique, small family owned winery and distillery located in Napa Valley. I was fortunate enough to visit their winery last time I was in Napa. Although you can't taste any of their spirits at the winery, I did get to enjoy some of their excellent wine.
Thankfully, Charbay was featuring two great cocktails at the Hospitality Uncorked; the June Gloom and the California Citrus. I enjoyed the June Gloom, which is anything but gloomy. Bright flavors of Tahitian Vanilla infused rum, ginger beer and fresh squeezed lemon juice would brighten up any day. June Gloom
1.5 oz Tahitian Vanilla Rum
,5 oz Lemon Juice
Splash of ginger beer
Served on the rocks in a low ball cocktail glass
