Tomasello Winery has this relatively newer collection of wines that they refer to as their A La Mode collection. These wines are all cream-based and evoke a number of pasty flavors, including that of butter pecan. Our reference for official Tomasello cocktails was lacking for options for these wines, so we did a little improv and made one on our own!

The inspiration for this came from your trip to the local coffee shop. You're greeted by a friendly barista (who's passion is music) and you're asked whether you want some more coffee or more latte. You respond, "Latte". When asked for what flavor, you're given a number of options, but nothing's going to save you from your go-to, butter pecan (a classic). Another question, the barista inquires about your milk of choice. The classic folk you are responds, "Whole".

In the next few minutes, you take in the sights, the sounds, the smells of the coffee shop. A local one adorning its walls with books and a number of succulents, you think you catch a book of minuets next to one of the bookends and recall that time your English teacher praised your classmate in front of the whole class for being the only person to understand the point of an open-ended question about the Catcher in the Rye. You reflect that this may reflect well on your classmate, but not necessarily well on the educator...

What felt like seconds past and you've got a warm butter-pecan latte between your cool, mittened hands and the task is at hand. What do you put atop the leaf latte foam art? Cocoa powder? More sugar? Nah, you know the answer. Douse the sucker in cinnamon. You've earned it.