Fit for the most elegant occasions and glamorous celebrations, the Provence is a unique variation on the champagne cocktail and is featured in my book, COCKTAIL CHAMELEON (available in July, 2017). I modified the recipe from the book to incorporate SILO Distillery’s award-winning Lavender Vodka, infused with local lavender flower tips from a farm in Barnard, VT. The traditional bitters in the classic champagne cocktail are replaced with the floral complexity of lavender syrup. The distinct flavor and fragrance of lavender are reputed to have a wonderfully calming effect. The Provence was served in Simon Pearce’s classic hand-blown Bristol white wine glass. Northeast Islander-inspired stemware call to mind the Golden Ratio, a mysterious relationship between geometry and nature, as seen in the conch shells off the shores of Bristol, Rhode Island.