Ever since coming out of the lockdown period of the Pandemic, my wife and I have been visiting a local wine bar called Ambi. It was our Friday afternoon hangout spot for nearly two years. And if you ever find yourself in Anoka, Minnesota, it is work a visit.

We made an appearance just a couple weeks ago. They had advertised a couple “christmas wine cocktails” on their social media pages, and I went in planning to try the “Jack Frost” featuring a white wine with blue curacao among other things. But alongside that one they offered another that either wasn’t named, or I failed to catch the name. It was a hot cocoa with ruby port. Topped with whipped cream and a Christmas tree cake. I love port, so I had to give it a try, and it was amazingly good. Though the tree cake was a little tricky to manage.

So we present our Runaway Anchor take on this wine cocktail. And since it features “port” we came up with a christmas name that seemed to fit the bill.