Mother Nature, a cocktail that’s Trentino through and through

Debora Tarozzo defines what exists between herself and her profession – bartender – as a love story: a chance encounter whilst thumbing through a magazine, then the deliberate choice to make it her future profession. “It immediately became a passion (to the extent that I couldn’t sleep at night when I was competing); today, after many years, the love has remained. There have been difficult but also wonderful times, outstanding successes and hopes, and just as many disappointments and defeats. It’s not just a profession, it’s Me”.

A person and professional with such passion could not disappoint us: what she has created for us is an all-Trentino drink that Debora has decided to call Mother Nature. “The cocktail is one of my re-interpretations of the Champagne Cocktail – she explains – one of the most famous and elegant drinks in history. But it’s more than that: Mother Nature is a tribute to Trentino, to the land all around me and its products, everyday sources of inspiration for me that I can study and use in my mixes”.

In this drink, the harmonic smoothness of Pinot Noir grappa, with its hints of vanilla and wood combined with berries and amarena cherry, blends with the elegant, aromatic freshness and delicate spicy notes of Cavit’s Müller Thurgau Cuvée Speciale, which replaces the Cognac and Champagne. The Alpler herbal bitter, Zirbel liqueur and Söcher Amar on the other hand impart the right balance between sugar and the grassy, resinous, balsamic and bitter notes, so they take the place of the Angostura bitters.

“Personally I would define it as an “all day cocktail”: it can be drunk at any time of day, as an aperitif or for special occasions that call for a toast. In any case, it should not be used to accompany dishes that are too spicy or particularly fatty, but more delicately flavoured foods”.