El Rebujito: Cocktail for a Sunny Day

“Oh, no, not me. I don’t drink cocktails,” I said, as Xesca mixed up a pitcher of rebujito, her favorite summer potion. “And especially not cocktails made of wine,” I added snootily to myself. I mean, there’s a reason spritzers are so 1970s, and that reason is wine. Yet here she was, a friend I truly admire, blithely swizzling up a bubbly drink with, of all things, a delicate Manzanilla. (more…)