Viva Botanica: BEAU VIVA and Gabriele Armani Mocktail

There’s something beautiful about visiting a botanical garden. At first glance, it’s a natural wonderland. As soon as you enter, there are hundreds of varieties of plants all around you. Flowers burst open to greet the sun, but it can feel like they’re more there to meet you, their petals unfurling in a way that encourages you, too, to embrace the day.

Vines stretch around structures, tangling and curling like they’re trying to rewild everything around them. Ponds are dotted with waterlilies, wildlife happily calling the pond home and those waterlilies a safe place to rest. Herbs fill the air with a delightful, welcoming scent, intermingling with the aroma of the flowers. 

As you wander further through a botanical garden, though, you soon realize that it’s more than a natural wonderland. The keepers of the land steward it to ensure healthy growth, meticulously maintaining it with an artist’s hand. The result is no longer simply a natural wonderland. It’s a showcase of what it means to truly embrace nature, to encourage it and watch it grow.

That marriage of the artistry of nature and humanity is what inspired BEAU VIVA’s first brand ambassador, Gabriele Armani, in his creation of the Viva Botanica, one of the first non-alcoholic mocktails Armani designed for BEAU VIVA.

Creating the Viva Botanica, a Nature-Inspired Mocktail

Collaborating with Gabriele Armani, one of the world’s most in-demand mixologists, was a perfect fit for BEAU VIVA. After training at some of the most demanding bar programs in the world, Armani now leads the bar program at Paradiso, a location synonymous with turning cocktail culture on its head.

Like BEAU VIVA, Armani believes in embracing the unexpected, finding the artistry in the smallest details and taking what we think we know and turning it into something new. It’s a passion he shares with BEAU VIVA, as BEAU VIVA takes what we know about wine and alcohol culture and turns it into something entirely new.

BEAU VIVA was started in the South of France by award-winning winemakers who wanted to provide folks with a new way to celebrate, whether it’s celebrating a momentous occasion or simply a Tuesday dinner with beloved friends. Both the big and small moments alike are what make life the roller coaster we love, and we believe it’s important to cherish them all. 

For a long time, though, celebration meant excess, particularly when it came to alcohol. Changing times and tides have started a new movement, one away from alcohol and toward an evening of choosing balance, forgoing memory-altering alcohol in favor of non-alcoholic alternatives that ensure that a night you don’t ever want to forget is one you won’t ever forget.

BEAU VIVA’s zero-proof sparkling wine is the base for each of Armani’s non-alcoholic cocktail creations, including the Viva Botanica. Just as the groundskeepers of a botanical garden shape and form the garden into a work of art through precision and care, the Viva Botanica celebrates the nature flavors of the ingredients while using an artist’s hand to precisely balance them all. 

First, combine a splash of Granny Smith apple juice with a few drops of chamomile and thyme syrup, and lemon and marjoram fragrance. Then, squeeze in a lemon wedge, and top with BEAU VIVA’s non-alcoholic sparkling wine. Fresh, balanced, and precise, with crisp apple, delicate chamomile, and flavorful herbs, the Viva Botanica is what to reach for when you’re looking for a drink that celebrates nature and the innovation of the human spirit.

Finding Beauty in Balance With BEAU VIVA

BEAU VIVA and Gabriele Armani created their zero-proof cocktails with the mantra of mindful mixology, rethinking what it means to celebrate. Armani designed a set of mocktails that invite tasters to sip and savor, to let flavors dance on their palates, alight their taste buds, and expand their minds about what’s possible. 

The Viva Botanica invites guests to reconsider the balance between human and nature, how we can intermingle to form something new and unexpected. Just like a botanical garden is a painting created by nature and man, the Viva Botanica takes nature-made wonders and human innovations to make a drink that’s a true experience. 

BEAU VIVA’s non-alcoholic sparkling wine adds delicate bubbles to the Viva Botanica, as well as hints of the wine’s citrus bite and rich red fruit sweetness. Made from a blend of Colombard and Merlot, BEAU VIVA is a dealcoholized wine, starting its life just like any wine would before it undergoes a gentle vacuum distillation that preserves the flavor and aromas while removing alcohol to a 0.0% ABV. It’s a perfect addition to a mocktail that’s all about balance.

Discover the Viva Botanica and BEAU VIVA.