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11/04/2014

Negroni 22 "SD 26 Negroni" at SD 26 Wine Bar & Lounge


SD26 Negroni

SD 26 is pure Italian but everything here has a modern creative twist, like this Negroni we enjoyed at the SD 26 bar, New York City

Not Gin: but, Akvinta Vodka

Not Vermouth: but, Fresh Lemon Juice and Cucumber

The Amaro: Aperol

More: Garnished with Lemon and Cucumber Slices

After a wonderful wine tasting at Astor Center featuring Zonin wines and SD 26 cuisine we joined Marisa May at SD 26 for a tour of her exciting restaurant and cocktails at the bar. 

There are many outstanding cocktails on the menu here but one we had to try was the SD 26 Negroni. Like everything at SD 26 it is a very creative version of a classic.

The base is the award wining Mediterranean Akvinta Vodka made  of  Organic Italian Wheat and Dalmatian Spring Water in Imotski, Croatia beneath the Dinaric Alps. With this is blended fresh lemon and cucumber juice and Aperol. It is served up with a pretty garnish of  lemon and cucumber slices. The result is fantastic. A wonderful example of how creative a Negroni can be.

The bar at SD 26 is sexy and seductive, you can get lost in a place like this. Have a limo or nearby hotel room waiting for you.

Sd 26 bar

While there we of course sipped Marisa May’s Capri Sunset of White Peach, Limoncello, Casoni Aperitivo, Prosecco . Fabulous!

Sd 26

SD 26

Astor Center

Z T Ca’B + SD26 @ ICENY x ACC = WOW*

Z T Ca’B + SD26 @ ICENY x ACC = WOW* 

Z T Ca’B + SD26 @ ICENY x ACC = WOW*
Z T Ca’B + SD26 @ ICENY x ACC = WOW*

 

 

Posted at 07:06 AM in Bars We Love |

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A Fascinating Story

  • The history of the Negroni is uncertain, but we have researched it well. Not just where it began, but how this exemplary cocktai has emerged over almost 100 years to become the wildly popular drink that is today...

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Count Camillo Negroni

  • As to its origin, the most prevalent story is that it was first created in Florence, Italy in 1919, at Caffè Casoni, an antique shop/bar, (think Il Buco) where now Caffè Giacosa is found. As the story goes Count Camillo Negroni asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano, by adding gin instead of the typical soda water. Fosco distinguished the drink with an orange garnish rather than the typical lemon. A Brief History of the Negroni
General Pascal Olivier de Negroni de Cardi

Count Pascal Olivier Negroni

  • Of course like most tales in Italy there is another version of the story. In his one it is told that the drink was invented in 1857 in the West African country of Senegal by Corsican General Pascal Olivier de Negroni. They say he created a drink to aide his new wife’s digestion lifting the drink to toast to her health on their wedding day. Negroni family lays claim to namesake cocktail

    Sorry Pascal, with no disrespect, we are going with the Italian Count Camillo version.

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