Champagne Cocktails

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These sassy, classy champagne cocktails are bound to add a captivating note to any intimate gathering or party. And if you're romancing or entertaining on a budget, Italian Prosecco, Spanish Cava and your favorite sparkling wines can be just as luscious as the pricier French stuff.




Kir Royale

Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
½ oz crème de cassis

Pour chilled Champagne into a large chilled wine glass. Add crème de cassis and stir gently. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

Kir Imperial

Follow instructions for a Kir Royale, but substitute raspberry liqueur for the crème de cassis.

French 75

Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tsp superfine sugar*
2 oz gin

Shake all ingredients (except Champagne) with ice and strain into a flute or collins glass. Top with Champagne and garnish with a cherry or lemon peel twist.

*Tip: Run regular white sugar through a few pulses of a food processor to make it even finer.

French 76

Follow instructions for French 75, but swap the gin for vodka.

Bellini

Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
2 oz peach puree

Spoon 2 oz peach puree into the bottom of a flute. Top with Champagne and stir gently.

Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon

- Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
- 1 oz absinthe or pernod

Pour 1 oz absinthe into a flute. Add chilled Champagne until absinthe appears milky.

Champagne Cocktail

Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
1 sugar cube
Angostura bitters

Place sugar cube in the bottom of a flute and soak with several dashes of bitters. Gently top with Champagne and garnish with a lemon twist.

Mimosa

Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
1 oz freshly squeezed orange juice

Pour orange juice into a flute and top with chilled Champagne.

Black Velvet

5 oz Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
5 oz stout

Pour stout into a flute. Gently pour in Champagne so it does not mix, but layers.

Thug Passion

4 oz Champagne, Prosecco or Cava
4 oz cognac (typically Alize)

Shake Champagne and cognac with ice and strain into a highball glass.

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