A super easy, adult-erated twist on childhood snow cones is to take Francis Ford Coppola Wines in Diamond Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio or Merlot, your favorite fruit syrup, and voila! Get ready to party. All you’re missing is the truck and an ice cream man.
Francis Ford Coppola Wines are great for spikin’ because they’re great wines at a nice price point, and you can easily find them at DC-area grocers like Giant Food and Safeway. Get yourself a snow cone ice shaver, or finely crushed ice and you’ve got yourself a classy way to cool off in DC Black Lagoon swamp heat. The challenge will be keeping these babies frozen as you smuggle them into Jazz in the Garden. Not that we condone that.
Wine Granitas (Slushies)
- Merlot Raspberry Lime Granita
- Chardonnay Pink Grapefruit Granita
- Pinot Grigio Meyer Lemon Shiso Granita
- Directions
2 oz Blue Label Diamond Merlot
1 oz Skylite Raspberry Lime
8 oz shaved ice
2 oz Gold Label Diamond Chardonnay
½ oz Skylite Pink Grapefruit Syrup
8 oz shaved ice
2 oz Emerald Label Diamond Pinot Grigio
½ oz Skylite Meyer Lemon Shiso
8 oz shaved ice
Combine ingredients in a wine glass and stir.
Mary was born and raised in New York City where her family owned restaurants. Instead of eating dirt on the playground, she ate duck blood, beef tripe and pork belly. She cut her teeth at The Mandarin Oriental and The Ritz-Carlton hotels, working with Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams, Michael Stipe, LeVar Burton, Jane Krakowski and others. Mary founded Girl Meets Food in 2009 as a cover for her debilitating addiction to fried chicken and was named Washington Post’s “Favorite Local Foodie.” After 13 years in hospitality, she started freelance writing for USA Today, The Washington Post, Eater, Washington City Paper, and more. Today, she provides digital marketing for hospitality clients as a content creator who’s contently creating content.