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 Marnier. …
Wine/Champagne
These warming beverages are the best hot cocktails for cold winter nights! Cold days call for hot drinks and nothing will warm you up faster than a spiked cup of coffee, cocoa, or toddy, right?! From mulled wine to hot toddies to a fresh spin on a White Russian, there is sure to be …
This delicious cranberry wine is a slow cooker mulled wine. It’s an easy and quick cocktail for the holidays, or all winter long! If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you already know that we are huge fans of serving big batch cocktails for holiday gatherings! Mulled wine is another great choice as …
This Feuerzangenbowle recipe is a great Christmas drink from Germany. A long standing tradition during the holidays, it combines mulled wine, fire and a rum soaked sugar cone. Add in some spices, and you have everything you need for a memorable holiday party! Plus, nothing quite says “happy holidays” like mulled wine and a flaming, …
This tequila smash cocktail is a tasty combo of tequila, sherry and fruit juices. A refreshing and easy cocktail. Bright summer flavors combine in this great fall cocktail! Margaritas and Palomas are classic tequila cocktails, but sometimes you want to mix it up (ha, get it?!) So enters this Tequila Smash. Juice from strawberries …
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 us, sometimes!) …
This Chicago cocktail is named for the city of Chicago, and has been in cocktail manuals since the 19th Century. A brandy based mixed drink. The Chicago cocktail is a Champagne drink that is great all year long. While it shares some similarities with the Champagne cocktail, it has a much larger dose of …
The purported inventor of this classic cocktail was Ernest Hemingway. He was a champion drinker and recommended drinking 3-5 of these slowly. You may want to do less than 5! Ernest Hemingway loved drinking as much as he did writing. His advice, circa 1935 with this cocktail: “Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne …
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 people …
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 sweet …