The Austin Wine Merchant carries an assortment of spirits for your classic or innovative cocktail, as well as the necessary bar accessories. Looking to try something new? Check out these creative cocktail ideas from Austin’s own Fino Restaurant and Bar.

Brotherly Love
Bluecoat American Dry Gin
Cocchi Americano Bianco
St Germain Elderflower Liqueur Artisanale
Domaine de Canton French Ginger Liqueur
Orange Bitters (The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters pictured)

Recipe by Fino

Ginger Apricot Daiquiri
Rum Flor de Caña Extra Dry 4 Years
Domaine de Canton French Ginger Liqueur
Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot Liqueur
Lime

Recipe by Fino

The faint bouquet of vodka is noticeable on the nose, but most of the action takes place on your palate. Good vodka can be flavourful enough to take it over and keep you entertained for a good half a minute, Potocki Wodka does just that. At first it is soft and slightly sweet on the tongue. Its rich texture envelops the mouth, gradually arousing the taste buds, and you can soon see yourself ordering dinner and asking for a refill. While you are still toying in your mind with various menu options, the flavor moves to the back, turning into a long dry finish with nutty notes which are the trademark taste of Polish rye vodka. This pleasant experience is concluded by a warm feeling in your chest (and in your heart). - http://www.potockivodka.com/

This 18 year old expression of Laphroaig is made in limited quantities each year and savoured by a fortunate few. A soft, sweet and spicy Islay peat smoke greets you when you first open the bottle. The immediate taste is an oak sweetness, from 18 years in the barrel. A faint hint of the sea can be detected, testimony to its time maturing on the remote island of Islay. Bottled at 48% ABV and non-chill filtered for a depth of taste and texture. - http://www.laphroaig.com/

Located in the very heart of the Pays d’Auge in Normandy, the Domaine Familial Louis DUPONT is today run by Etienne Dupont and his son, Jérôme, 3rd and 4th generations, respectively. Since taking over in 1980, Etienne has improved the old orchards and accomplished additional new plantings to reach a total of 30 hectares, which is to say about 67 acres or 9,000 apple trees. Following the traditional methods of producing Calvados, the apples are hand-picked and rest in open wooden boxes called pallox to reach their highest aromatic peak. The juice is slowly extracted under low pressure and kept on its lees for 2 months to prevent any alteration of the cider’s flavor. The apple cider then undergoes a double distillation through a sophisticated Chalvignac copper still. The spirit is aged in 400-liter casks, made from Loire Valley oak, slightly toasted to allow natural vanillin-like aromas to enhance further the finished brandy (the Fine Reserve is aged a minimum of 3 years in these casks). Limpid golden in color with fine, complex and penetrating aromas of apple, apple crisp, pear, vanilla and caramel; round and fresh in the mouth, warming and contemplative; a superb brandy with which to while away the end of a fine evening.

This is one of France's great classic liqueurs, an original blend of Brillet Cognac and the essence of Poire Williams. Perfectly matured Bartlett pears are carefully selected, then picked at their peak of ripeness, macerated then blended with fine Brillet Cognac. A most flavorful, contemplative and, to be sure, irresistible liqueur  —  absolutely delicious. And perfect for sipping with family and friends at the holidays.

Named after the Red Grouse, Scotland's national game bird, The Famous Grouse Scotch Whisky is testimony to the unsurpassed blending skills of Matthew Gloag & Son, Ltd., a family business founded in 1800. Among the finest malt whiskies, such as The Macallan and Highland Park are married with exceptional grain whiskies for an unusually long period in fully seasoned oak casks, thus creating a blend of the smoothest possible character. Raised in the Highlands, The Famous Grouse is proud to be Scotland's favorite whisky. We recommend it most highly!