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Wine and champagne cocktails are some of the most fun cocktails you can make. Using red wine can make things darker, richer and more full bodied, using white wine makes them light and flavorful!
Champagne adds bubbles, like club soda or tonic water can, but with great grape flavor and effervescence. We especially love The Shipwreck and a Watermelon Raspberry Frose Cocktail!
This cocktail is a classic and full of flavor. The El Presidente cocktail recipe is a slightly sweet rum cocktail served up and made in the 1920s. The El Presidente cocktail comes from Cuba. It was likely named for President Mario García Menocal, who ran the country from 1913 to 1921. Or, for Gerardo …
The French 75 cocktail recipe is a classic champagne with gin. This light and bubbly drink is so flavorful and tasty! Like many classic cocktails, the French 75’s origin has some mystery. According to drink historian David Wondrich, the recipe first appeared in 1927 in a book called “Here’s How” published by a New …
This Cognac Old Fashioned is a great twist on the classic cocktail. Discover the complexity that cognac gives, plus lovely warmth. We decided to incorporate cognac, a high quality brandy produced from distilled white wine into this twist on the classic Old Fashioned (which is usually made with whiskey). This post contains …
Make this Adonis cocktail recipe for a great sipper with just three ingredients. A classic for a reason! The Adonis is made with equal parts sherry and vermouth. This cocktail can pair well with tapas or savory bites. Great low alcohol sipper. This post contains affiliate links for products that we think …
Definitely not a sweet cocktail, this Old Pal Cocktail Recipe is a good choice! Trading sweet vermouth for dry, this is a tart and dry drink that is like a Boulevardier (which has sweet vermouth)! The Old Pal cocktail recipe is a slight change up of both the Boulevardier and the Negroni. …
A chocolate version of a classic Manhattan recipe with our brandied cherries. We always are fans of the classic cocktails, and the classic Manhattan was invented in the 1870s at the Manhattan Club in New York. This chocolate Manhattan is typical of the cocktails from this period that were plenty boozy and not …
This Golden Doublet cocktail, a classic made in 1973 by Joe Gilmore at London’s American Bar at the Savoy Hotel. Could easily be made ahead of time and champagne added when ready to serve! Great in a chilled glass! The Golden Doublet is a cocktail made with orange juice, lime juice, and Grand …
A Peach Bellini recipe is super easy to make and so decadent, perfect for any occasion. Whether that occasion is a holiday, or a weekend brunch. This cocktail is easy and is sure to please a crowd! Who has time for mixing extravagant cocktails when you’re also prepping food? No-one! (Or …
These wine cocktail recipes using CK Mondavi and Family wines, and are not Sangria, which is what most people turn to. They are the best wine cocktails that you should be making at home. So easy for summer and for summer entertaining! So, this summer is weird. We aren’t traveling, and only seeing …
This is a great spring and summer sipper made with CK Mondavi and Family Spritzed Rosé wine, a Blush Negroni Sbagliato! What in the world is a Sbagliato? The meaning of sbagliato is basically “mistaken” or “incorrect” in Italian. A classic Negroni is equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth. A Sbagliato is …
