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While I do not recommend imbibing whilst working on your taxes, once you’ve completed the arduous task you deserve a deduction-busting beverage. I invented this little Tax Toast wine-tail as the perfect remedy for your IRS headache.

1 oz. vodka
1/4 oz. Triple Sec
3/4 oz. pureed fruit (blueberries, raspberries, peaches, whatever tickles your fancy)
4 oz. sparkling wine (I recommend Midlife Crisis Winery’s “Maggie’s Magic”)

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake the vodka, triple sec and fruit puree, straining into a champagne flute. Top with the sparkling wine. Garnish with fresh fruit or a citrus twist. Cheers!
For those of you who choose not to imbibe you can make something similar with pureed fruit and sparkling water/soda. Fun and refreshing! Cheers!

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The practice of toasting may have begun as early as 6th century BC. To some degree or another it has always been a sign of friendship. Although back then, it was as much a symbolic act of friendship as proof that the drinks were not poisoned (apparently this was a very common way of disposing of an enemy).

I feel that toasts have gone out of style in this country.

So, in an effort to bring back this ancient practice (toasting, not poisoning people), I give you a quote to end the week with. Feel free to use this toast, or at the very least, make your own toast. Make eye contact. Be genuine. Raise your glass. Cheers!

I do not know to whom I should credit this toast, so if you know, please leave a comment:

“I would like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating and drinking. If you’re going to lie, lie for a friend. If you’re going to steal, steal a heart. If your going to cheat, cheat death. And if you’re going to drink, drink with me.”