the Kir, made with white wine, and the Kir Royal, made with champagne. 2. The first kir ever created was made with: The local wine of Dijon, white Burgundy + Lejay Cassis. The centuries-old recipe ...

We don't drink much crème de cassis here in the United States, but it's all the rage in the Dijon region of France, where it's added to white wine to make a Kir, or sparkling wine to make a Kir Royale ...

In Drinking French, David Lebowitz calls the Kir cocktail a gateway drink for many aperitif enthusiasts. "The clever combination of brisk white wine and black currant liqueur is named after Félix ...

"I think that’s how it started. They would make themselves grapefruit rosé the same way that we would make a white wine-cassis, a kir, in the North." The good news is, if you’re unable to ...

The Kir Royale is fascinating, in a way. In most ways, really. It’s got a great story with a long history. It has cultural relevance. The taste is great and complex, perfect for any time ...