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5218 Lawton Avenue
Oakland, CA 94114

510-654-9159

Oliver McCrum Wines has been importing small production Italian wine and distributing to fine retail and restaurant establishes throughout California since 1994. Over time, our portfolio of producers has steadily grown to over 45 producers from 15 different regions of Italy. We look for typical Italian wines with clarity and freshness, usually made from indigenous Italian grape varieties using clean, transparent winemaking techniques and no obvious use of oak. 

Cocktails

Moroccan Mint

Michele Boscia

Moroccan Mint

.5 oz Seimilametriquadri Lu Sule
.5 oz Seimilametriquadri Lu Mare
.5 oz Bordiga Centum Herbis
.5 oz Sirene Americano Bianco
.5 oz demerara syrup
.25 oz lemon
1 oz black tea concentrate*

Muddle above with fresh mint, shake, strain with fine mesh strainer, serve on the rocks in a highball. Garnish with a lemon wheel and fresh mint sprig.

*Black Tea Concentrate (malty, mild unscented, eg. Assam)
.5 teaspoons loose leaf Assam tea leaves steeped for 8 minutes in 5 oz boiling water. Strain and allow to cool

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categories Bordiga, Bordiga Centum Herbis, Lemon, Sirene, Sirene Americano Bianco, Simple syrup, Seimilametriquadri, Tea, Highball

Orchard Spritz

Michele Boscia

Orchard Spritz

1.5 oz Liquori dell’Etna Pera 
.25 oz Il Gusto di Amalfi Finocchietto 
.25 oz lemon
1 oz soda water
4 oz Prosecco (preferably Sorelle Bronca)

Shake Pera, Finochietto and lemon over ice. Strain into collins or wine glass. Top with ice, soda, prosecco and garnish with lemon twist. 

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categories Soda/Sparkling Water, Lemon, Liquori dell'Etna, Liquori dell'Etna Pera, Il Gusto Finocchietto, Il Gusto, Sorelle Bronca Prosecco, Prosecco, Collins, Wine glass

Where’s My Smoking Jacket

Michele Boscia

Where’s My Smoking Jacket 

2 oz Cognac
1 oz Fred Jerbis Cherry Cask Vermut 16 
1 bar spoon Cinnamon Stick Simple Syrup*

Stir over ice, strain into coupe. No Garnish.

*make a regular simple syrup, 1c/1c, and let six 2in cinnamon sticks infuse in it. Keep the sticks in there to intensify the flavor as it cools.

Recipe courtesy Lauren Reuthinger (@laurenreuthinger)

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categories Brandy, Fred Jerbis, Fred Jerbis Vermut 25, Simple syrup

Puritan

Michele Boscia

Puritan

1.5 oz Bordiga Occitan Gin
.5 oz Bordiga Bianco Vermouth
.5 oz Bernard Barathier with honey
3 dash Orange Bitters

Chill glassware in the freezer before beginning to assemble the cocktail. In a beaker or large mixing vessel, combine all ingredients. Add several large cubes, lumps of ice, or cracked ice, and stir to desired dilution and coldness (approximately 10-15 seconds) and strain into a pre-chilled 5oz cocktail glass

Recipe courtesy Craig Lane, The Morris

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categories Bordiga, Amaro, Amaro Cocktails, Classic Cocktails, Bordiga Occitan Gin, Bernard Barathier, Bernard, Bordiga Bianco Vermouth, Craig Lane, Bartender, orange bitters

Lakeside Belladonna

Michele Boscia

Lakeside Belladonna


1.25 oz Sirene Canto Amaro
.75 oz Alpe Lys
.5 oz Bordiga Vermouth Rosso
.25 oz Bresca Dorada Arangiu
Barspoon Bernard Genzianella
Pinch salt
2 squints orange bitters

Stir over ice, strain into rocks glass on king cube

Recipe courtesy Kat Bushnell, Dalva

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categories Bordiga, Amaro, Amaro Cocktails, Sirene, Sirene Canto Amaro, Amara, Bartender, Bernard Genzianella, Bernard, Bordiga Vermouth Rosso, Bresca Dorada, Bresca Dorada Arangiu, Alpe Lys, Salt, orange bitters