100 Mile Cocktails from North Florida's Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
By: Liz Eads
Published: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 7:48am

Ingredients




Red Sangria
4 oz   San Sebastian Winery Vintners Red
1 oz   Handcrafted blueberry syrup
6-8    Local blueberries
1        Orange slice
1        Lime slice
1        Lemon slice
Mint Hound
1.5 oz St. Augustine Distillery Co. Florida Cane Vodka
1 oz    Local Mandarin, Florida ruby red grapefruit juice
6-8      Local mint leaves

Preparation

1 Red Sangria Directions: Slice lemon, lime and orange up and place in glass with blueberries. Gently press down on fruit with utensil to squeeze out partial juices. In a separate shaker, mix together wine, blueberry syrup and ice and gently shake. Pour into glass with sliced fruit and enjoy. 2 Mint Hound Directions: Mix vodka, grapefruit juice, ice and 3-4 mint leaves in shaker and shake vigorously. Take remaining mint leaves and clap between hands to release mint flavor. Place mint leaves and ice into glass and pour into drinking glass. Garnish with final mint leaf on top and enjoy.

About

Ponte Vedra Inn & Club treats guests to a taste of North Florida with its new 100 Mile cocktails curated with ingredients sourced from within 100 miles of the AAA Five Diamond resort. The Vintners Red wine from St. Augustine’s San Sebastian Winery is the main component in the Red Sangria cocktail, which expresses intense fruit flavor through a strategic combination of Native Muscadine grapes, blueberry syrup and fresh fruit. A lighter cocktail, the Mint Hound combines Florida Cane Vodka from St. Augustine Distillery Co., local Mandarin Florida ruby red grapefruit juice and fresh mint leaves for an invigorating and flavorful cocktail. 
Available through the month of February, the Red Sangria and Mint Hound are able to be enjoyed at the resort’s Golf Club Dining Room and recently renovated Tavern. For those unable to enjoy Ponte Vedra Inn & Club’s newly renovated suites, 30,000 sq. ft. Spa, wide beaches or gourmet offerings, the Red Sangria and Mint Hound can be recreated at home with the following recipes. For more information or reservations, please call 877-704-1737 or visit http://www.pontevedra.com.