Kir
White wine with crème de cassis. Simple and elegant.
ClassicFruityLightBlackcurrant
Ingredients
- White Wine5 oz (150 ml)
- Crème de Cassis0.5 oz (15 ml)
How to make it
- Pour cassis into a wine glass.
- Top with white wine.
- Stir gently.
Glass: Coupe
May contain: Sulfites. Always check your own bottles.
History
The Kir — white wine with a splash of crème de cassis — is named for Canon Félix Kir, a Resistance hero and long-serving mayor of Dijon who popularized the drink after World War II as a way to promote the wines and blackcurrant liqueur of his Burgundy region.
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