Kir

A Burgundian aperitif of dry white wine lifted with a measure of crème de cassis, its pale gold tinged rose-pink by the blackcurrant liqueur. The eponym is Canon Félix Kir, the resistance-hero mayor of Dijon who poured it at civic receptions to champion local cassis and Aligoté — though the white-wine-and-blackcurrant blend, once called blanc-cassis, predates him by a century. Light, fruit-edged, and faintly tart, it is built straight in the glass and drunk chilled before a meal.