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Southside Sips: Apple Cider Margarita

by Amy Zavatto, Northforker on October 3rd, 2025
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Tequila and fresh apples? Yes, please! (Photo courtesy of Pantalones Tequila)

You came here expecting your weekly cocktail recipe — but you will leave with the answer to that October conundrum: What will I wear for Halloween?

The McConaugheys in spirited disguise. (Photo courtesy of Pantalones Organic Tequila)

Matthew and Camila McConaughey dressed up as their very own tequila last year, which made the rounds on Instagram because, well, it was funny! A movie star and his beautiful spouse walking around in giant bottle costumes and subsequently sipping their spirit, Pantalones Organic Tequila. Be they McConaughey-hey fans or tequila lovers, the costume got a lot of love on Internet. So this year? You too can dress like your favorite bottle of the popular agave-based liquor.

Hit up the Pantalones website to buy your fave — silver or blanco ($34.99 each) — or couple it up for $74.99.

As to the tequila itself and the reason we’re here — cocktails! — you can grab the unaged and aged versions at S & L Wines and Liquors in Speonk, the Sag Harbor Liquor Store, Bridgehampton Wine Cellar, BottleHampton in Southampton and Hampton Bays Wine & Spirits. Grab a bottle, a favorite bottle of fresh apple cider (we do love a Milk Pail stop!) and get shakin’.

Apple Cider Margarita

Prep Time 1 minute
Serves 1 cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Pantalones Organic Tequila (blanco or reposado)
  • 2 oz fresh apple cider
  • 1 oz fresh orange juice
  • 1 oz fresh lime juice
  • 1 apple slice
  • 1 cinnamon stick

Directions

  • In a mixing glass, combine all liquid ingredients.
  • Stir until well-chilled, about 10 to 15 seconds.
  • Strain into an ice-filled double rocks glass.
  • Garnish with the apple slice and cinnamon stick. Cheers!
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Amy Zavatto is the Editor-in-Chief for Southforker, Northforker and Long Island Wine Press. She's a wine, spirits and food journalist whose work has appeared in Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine, MarthaStewart.com, the New York Post, Liquor.com, SevenFifty Daily, Imbibe, Men’s Journal and many others. She's the author of The Big Book of Bourbon Cocktails, Prosecco Made Me Do It: 60 Seriously Sparkling Cocktails, Forager’s Cocktails: Botanical Mixology with Fresh, Natural Ingredients, and The Architecture of the Cocktail. She has judged regional wine and spirits competitions, and has moderated numerous panels on the topics of wine, spirits, cocktails and regional foodways. She is the former Deputy Editor for the regional celebratory publications Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, as well as the former Executive Director of the Long Island Merlot Alliance. She is a member of the New York chapter of the international organization of women leaders in food, wine, and spirits, Les Dames d’Escoffier. The proud daughter of a butcher, Amy is originally from Shelter Island, N.Y., where she developed a deep respect for the East End’s natural beauty and the importance of preserving and celebrating it and its people.

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