Five O'Clocktail

Icewine makes for an elegant toast for two.

Ottawa’s 107 Fourth Avenue Wine Bar & Café serves this tipple, but owner Dave Eaton refuses to take credit: He discovered it at Aperitivo Et Al in Bellagio, Italy, and it’s named after the bartender there who created it.

Apple juice and soda water are combined with brandy and garnished with apple for this fruity, caramel-coloured concoction.

Cozy up with an autumn tipple created by Jason Griffin, the man behind the bar at Maison Boulud in Montreal's Ritz-Carlton Hotel

In this version of sangria, adding rosé gives the cocktail a pleasing pink flush. Close your eyes, take a sip and imagine kicking back on a sunny island.