Go Beyond Wine this Season with Holiday Cocktails & The Well-Stocked Bar Cart
Bar Carts are a sophisticated throw back to a time when entertaining at home was an art form. AND they made quite a splash at the High Point, N.C. Spring Furniture Market this year. Versatile,compact and usually mobile, the bar cart adds glamour and elegance to any holiday bash big or small. So what qualifies as “well stocked”?
Keep it simple with a few liquors (Vodka,Gin and Bourbon) and mixers (a seltzer, a juice, a soda) and garnishes (lemon, olives, ice, sugar). Now you need a good mixologist recipe book and the proper tools for your elixirs. There is no shortage of glassware and accouterments for cocktail making. These items make great gifts (hint-hint from the gentlemen in your life). Have a few recipes in mind as you shop for the spirits and the extras.
We found these great bar carts and bar accessories in our local Home & Garden stores. Check it out:
Round Stone & Brass Bamboo $625 Smoke Glass Decanter $72 Purple Glass Decanter $45 Green Glass Bowl $55 German Hand Carved Wine Stopper $36
MCM Walnut Bar Cart $450 Swedish Mod Ice Bucket $30 Turquoise glasses $75/8 Murano Glass $75 Antelope Brass Bookend $185/pair
ALEXANDER SCOTT
Assorted decanters $85
Glass decanters $95 Match Pewter tray from Italy$255
Modern Black Bar cart $650 Juliska barware $ 25 – $65
Gifts, Antiques, Home Decor
Stag shot glasses, set of 4, $230
Pewter flasks $75-$110. Engraving extra.
Horn bar accessories $37-$70.
Cole ice bucket $235 and Festiva bottle holder $160.
Acrylic ice bucket $140
Wicker & metal serving tray $265, ice bucket with tongs $170, cocktail shakers $35 and $70
Whiskey stones $22, Double Old Fashioned glass $10
Wine opener $120
1001 Whiskies $36.95
Cocktails For Her and For Him– 2 book set– $50
Interiors
Slate coaster sets :$17
Rattan water pitcher:$120
Rattan ice bucket:$92
Silver water pitcher with rattan handle :$150
ATTENTION: if you mention you saw these items on Scoop, High Cotton Home & The Furniture Connector will give you a 20% discount on accessories and a 10% discount on furniture.
High Cotton Home
Glass Decanters: $99.00-$399.00 Napkin Holder: $37.50 Chiseled Stone Boxes: $86.00-$218.00 Arbor Sculpture: $259.00 Grid Block Bar Cart: $1,598.00
Foliage Spreaders: $25.00 Sitting Jay Bird: $99.00 Flying Jay Bird: $115.00 Lamps: $599/each Belted Footed Fruit Bowl: $328.00 Serving Utensils: $45.00 Dry Creek Wine Console: $1998.00
The Furniture Connector
Paper Placemats: $19.00 Place Cards: $3.99 Paper Runner: $29.00 Wine Glasses: $12.99 Markers: $6.99 Dining Chairs: $459.00 Dining Table: $949.00
BEDSIDE MANOR
Linen Wine Bottle Covers available in 3 different designs. $23
Holiday Cocktail napkins – White or Ivory linen with embroidery. Set of 4 $36
Shake ingredients with ice and pour into a very chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with either a lemon twist or an olive.
You can try experimenting with your quantities of gin and vermouth: more vermouth makes a ‘wetter’ drink; more gin dries it out.
Christmas Sparkle
50ml Pimm’s Blackberry & Elderflower
Champagne
Place the Pimm’s Blackberry & Elderflower in a flute and top with fizz (Prosecco, or – if you’re going all out, Champagne).
For a final fruity flourish, top with a twist of lemon peel.
Twinkle
25ml vodka
15ml elderflower cordial
Champagne
Add the vodka and elderflower to a cocktail shaker filled with ice (see tips), seal and give a short sharp shake. Double strain into a large coupette, top up with champagne and garnish with a long lemon twist.
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