Wasting Away in Margaritaville

Celebrate the long weekend with a margarita

Margarita for the long weekend

Most people have been to Margaritaville and, by all accounts, it is a wonderful place to visit. There’s sun, there’s sand and there’s a sort of blissful manana torpor brought on by the seemingly endless parade of tequila-lime juice-orange liqueur cocktails for which the town is named.

Sweet Tea Party

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby this weekend with a refreshing classic cocktail from the South

Sweet Carolina Tea Vodka Raspberry makes a Sweet Hurricane cocktail

The 2012 Kentucky Derby, on Saturday May 5, is celebrating its 138th anniversary. There are plenty of ways to celebrate and many people will say a Mint Julep is a must-sip for those taking in the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. However, the folks at Sweet Carolina Tea Vodka want you to think outside the box by enjoying a different classic from the American South.

Get Inspired by the Caipirinha

Say goodbye to the over-done margaritas, mojitos and cosmos of past summers and hello to the national cocktail of Brazil.

The national cocktail of Brazil, the Calpirinha, made from Leblon cachaça

We may still be at the mercy of Mother Nature’s erratic spring behaviour, but if there is a cocktail that can channel the bright, bold attitude of summer, it is the Caipirinha. Say goodbye to the over-done margaritas, mojitos and cosmos of past summers and hello to the national cocktail of Brazil.