Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.179) — Terrington 1869

1 bottlesauterne base
1 bottleSeltzer water — German seltzer waterdilution
1 sliceCucumber garnish
1 tablespoonfulsugar — pounded sugarsweetener
  1. Combine the Sauterne, German seltzer water, cucumber, and pounded sugar and serve.

Garnish: Slice of cucumber.

Its simplicity makes it a good lower-ceremony counterweight to the richer Sauterne variants.

The recipe relies on clean wine-and-seltzer refreshment with only slight cucumber cooling.

See also: Sauterne No. 3, Claret Cup a la Rawlings, Stone Wall