Zespri Kiwifruit Gains Popularity On Drink Menus

Redwood City, CA (September 3, 2010)—For the leading bartenders, mixologists and bar chefs who attended Tales of the Cocktail, fresh ingredients and intriguing flavors rule behind the bar. During the five-day celebration of history and the artistry of making drinks, some of the freshest were sampled at the “Cocktail Fresh Market” event where ZESPRI was a sponsor and one of the cocktail community’s brightest stars used tangy-sweet ZESPRI GREEN Kiwifruit to concoct one of the most delicious fresh fruit cocktails at this year’s confab.

Toasting an American beverage tradition, Chicago bartender, mixologist and blogger Todd Appel gave his refreshing Auckland Summer Punch a New Zealand spin. Appel’s recipe, which showcases ZESPRI GREEN Kiwifruit and Square One Cucumber Vodka, is easy to batch in pitchers for serving a crowd of thirsty patrons. He balances the flavor with Sauvignon Blanc, dry sake and fresh lemon juice. For batching, Appel juices the kiwifruit to ensure an intense color and to avoid crushing the seeds. He adjusts for the sweetness of the kiwifruit with simple syrup.

With ZESPRI GREEN Kiwifruit in good supply through October, Tales attendees were reminded that there’s still plenty of time to offer crowd-pleasing ZESPRI Kiwifruit drinks and encouraged to invite their customers to enter ZESPRI’s New Zealand vacation sweepstakes until October 31, 2010, at thegreatkiwiadventure.com.

Source: Zespri Kiwifruit