Counting down to summer in 3, 2, 1…One taste of this frosé (that’s fancy for frozen rose slushie), you’ll be ready to for the lazy days cooling off next to the pool or at least enjoy dreaming about it.
Thanks to Total Wine & More® in Allen for kicking off the summer right with this sponsored post.
Total Wine & More® its new doors in Allen with a grand opening party, it was time to call in the troops for an evening without the kids and with the girls.
If you’ve never to a Total Wine (aka America’s Wine Superstore), the typical store has 8,000 different wines from every wine-producing region in the world, including more than 2,000 wines not available in any other store and more than 2,000 beers. Plus they do sampling, tastings and classes to educated you and help you to appreciate your wine much more. Tonight’s event included delicious apps, cheese pairings, tastings from favorite makers (Conundrum and Moet!), etchings, games, and lots of laughs. Plus it was another wonderful opportunity to browse the huge selection of wines, whiskeys and other spirits that line the many aisle of Total Wine & More®.
Most the time we are so busy we grab just the names and tastes we know, but this really grabbed my attention for finding a new wine for the summer.
Being a huge fan of rosé, I was drawn to this beautiful pink display. So of course, this Rose from Brin de Rose caught my attention, too with it’s beautiful packaging and the notes of pepper, floral notes, and that price! I walked out with several bottles ready to take on the summer head on!
Headed home in the car, I had remembered chatting with a friend a few weeks ago about planning for the summer to spend more time “taking it all in” slowly and savoring the simpleness of all our experiences. The sound of my daughter giggling when she laughs, the aroma of the earth after it rains, the taste of summer when you sip a rose…these were the things we wanted to make sure we enjoyed.
Somewhere in the conversation, the idea of a frozen rosé popped into our heads. We thought we were geniuses! We had created the best idea since sliced bread. Until of course, I Googled it and found out that we weren’t so smart since half the world had popped up with the same idea. However, the recipes we found for something so simple seemed to take too long (who wants to wait for frozen wine ice cubes) or seemed a little too boring (rose and ice.) We wanted something bright, fresh and like the taste of summer.
Challenge accepted.
Our Frozen Rosée Slushy or the fancy name, Frosé, adds all the best parts of summer with berries and lemons blended with rosé, St-Germaine, honey and ice. The St-Germain is a French liqueur made with Elderflower which is a flower that tastes like like honey and basically the taste of summer and pairs famously with lemons. I was thinking this combination was the perfect pairing for my summer adult slushy, slushee or whatever you want to call it.
I love when good ideas come together…and then you put them into the blender.
And with almost no prep, you have the perfect taste of summer. Cold, in a glass, and ready to be sipped, savored, and enjoyed. Just like summer. If you plan to have
- 1 bottle of Rosé
- 1/4 cup St-Germaine (add more if you love Elderflower as much as I do!)
- 2 cups frozen strawberries (unsweetened)
- 2-3 tablespoons honey (local honey is always best!)
- 1-2 cups ice cubes
- Combine all the ingredients in the blender, adding ice slowly until preferred consistency.
- I like a drier Rosé. You can choose a sweeter blend and omit/reduce honey for your taste.)
- This recipe makes a pitcher at a time. Half this recipe for 2-3 glasses of wine (just right for you and your friend.)
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Total Wine & More. The opinions and text are all mine.
I love discovering new wines to try. Your frozen Rose Slushie looks so refreshing. I’ll be making these this summer.
This looks so very refreshing! I would love to have this at a summer party, or just a night at home!
That sounds really delicious and so refreshing. I would love to sip on one of these on a hot summer afternoon.
Delicious! This would be perfect to add to my next summer backyard BBQ menu. My friends would love it.
Looks amazingly refreshing, perfect for the hot days ahead.