Sage Advice

Prepare strawberry-rhubarb-sage shrub: combine 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, 0.5 cup champagne vinegar, 1 pint chopped strawberries, 1 cup chopped rhubarb and 15 fresh sage leaves. Simmer until the sugar dissolves and the mixture slightly thickens, about 20 minutes. Cool, fine strain, bottle and refrigerate. Shake the gin, bitter aperitif, aromatized wine, listed shrub portion and lemon juice with ice. Strain into a chilled coupe, top with the listed soda, add the optional listed 1 dash Creole bitters if desired and finish with the listed large sage leaf.