Valentine’s Day Movie-Inspired Cocktails

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching. One of the busiest date nights of the year. However, many couples throughout the country are considering how to celebrate it with their loved one. Research shows Google searches for “valentine’s day cocktails” reached almost 10,000 searches last February. This highlights the growing trend in couples trying their hand at cocktail-making on the most-romantic day of the year. Instead of going out, impressing your loved one at home is certainly an option. 

To help couples around the country, Wren Kitchens has created five delightful drinks. These drinks are inspired by the most popular romantic movies. And you can make at home. Valentine's Day Cocktails just for this day. One of them I'm certainly going to try is modeled after one of the greatest movies in history. Princess Bride. Inconceivable, right? 

Lastly, in the Methodology, Wren Kitchens used the movie websites IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes. This, to find the most highly-rated Valentine’s Day romantic movies. They used the average score of the top 5 films to finalize the inspiration selection. The Casablanca inspired drink is a take on the espresso martini. A very popular drink right now. if you're not familiar, the espresso martini is essentially the classy version of Red Bull and vodka. This was a popular drink for people who had to work at 7am and don't want to nod off at the bar around midnight. 

Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter.

A grandfather reads a novel to his sick grandson, who initially dismisses the story.

Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy

“ Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”

Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film. The first installment in the Before trilogy, it follows Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) as they meet on a Eurail train and disembark in Vienna to spend the night together.

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(Inspired by Casablanca, 1942)

In French Morocco, a cynical expatriate American café owner is torn between helping his former sweetheart and her fugitive spouse escape the Nazis.

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(Inspired by Singin’ in the Rain, 1952)

In 1920’s Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusional movie partner are attempting the tough transition to talking pictures.

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(Inspired by Before Sunrise, 1995)

A young man and a young woman meet on a train in Europe and spend one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both are aware that this will most likely be their only night together.

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(Inspired by The Princess Bride, 1987)

While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farm boy-turned-pirate who faces numerous problems, rivals, and allies.

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(Inspired by Roman Holiday, 1953)

An uninterested and privileged Princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

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