French Lift

French Lift

Ingredients:

3 oz chilled dry, sparkling Wine

1/2 oz Grenadine

2 oz Perrier

3 or 4 fresh Blueberries

Fill a chilled Champagne glass halfway with the sparkling Wine.  Add the Grenadine.  Top off with the Perrier.  Drop the Blueberries into the drink and serve.

Eve

Eve

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp Pernod

1 tbsp Cognac

2 tsp sugar

2 tsp Curacao

chilled pink Sparkling Wine

Add the Pernod to a large wineglass. Turn the glass around so that the Pernod coats the sides. Add the Cognac. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and Curacao, allowing the sugar to dissolve. Pour this into the wineglass. Stir. Add 3 or 4 ice cubes. Fill with the pink Sparkling Wine.

Alto Palarle

Alto Parlarle

Ingredients:

1 oz Orange Sherbet

1/2 oz Cointreau

chilled dry Italian sparkling Wine

dash Grenadine

In a chilled, 8 oz wineglass, combine the Orange Sherbet and Cointreau. Blend together with a spoon or wire wisk. Top with the chilled dry Italian sparkling Wine. Add a dash of Grenadine to the top before serving.

Fresh Peach Bellini

Fresh Peach Bellini

I got this from the show Barefoot Contessa show on the Food Network. Please credit her for this one.

Ingredients:

1 bottle sparkling Wine

1 tbsp fresh squeezed Lemon juice

1 tsp sugar

2 ripe Peaches, diced and seeded

Blend Peaches, Lemon juice and sugar in a food processor. Press the mixture through a sieve to get rid of any chewy skin pieces. Place two tablespoons of the puree into each Champagne glass and fill with sparkling Wine.

Americana

Americana

1 tsp Bourbon
dash Orange Bitters
1/2 tsp superfine Sugar
dry sparkling Wine
1 slice Brandied Peach

Combine Bourbon, Bitters and Sugar in a mixing glass.  Shake and pour into a chilled Champagne glass.  Top off with the sparkling Wine and DO NOT STIR.  Garnish with the slice of Brandied Peach.

Champagne Punch

Champagne Punch

16 oz Triple Sec
1 bottle (800ml) Rum
8 oz Maraschino Liqueur
3 cups chilled, unsweetened Pineapple juice
8 oz Club Soda
8 oz Ginger ale
4 bottles (750 ml each) Champagne or sparkling Wine

In a Punch Bowl, combine Triple Sec, Rum, Maraschino Liqueur and Pineapple juice. Stir and refrigerate for one hour. Add a block of ice and pour over with the Club Soda, Ginger Ale and Champagne or sparkling Wine. Stir again before serving.

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White Grape, Tangerine and Sparkling Wine Punch

White Grape, Tangerine and Sparkling Wine Punch

48 oz unsweetened, chilled white Grape juice
6 oz frozen Tangerine juice concentrate, thawed
8 oz Club Soda
3 oz Brandy
3 oz Lemon juice
1 bottle (25.4 oz) of sweet, sparkling Wine
thin slices of fresh Tangerine

Put a block of ice into a large Punch bowl. Add the white Grape juice, Tangerine concentrate, Club Soda, Brandy and Lemon juice. Mix well and then cover with a lid or wax paper and put in the refrigerator. When cold and ready to serve, add the sparkling Wine and then top off with thin slices of fresh Tangerine.

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White Grape, Tangerine and Sparkling Wine Punch

White Grape, Tangerine and Sparkling Wine Punch

48 oz unsweetened white Grape juice
6 oz frozen Tangerine juice concentrate
8 oz club soda
3 oz Brandy
2 oz Lemon juice
1- 25.4 oz bottle of sweet, sparkling Wine (such as Asti Spumante)
thin slices of Tangerine

Chill the white Grape juice while thawing the Tangerine juice concentrate. In a punch bowl, add a block of ice and then pour over with each ingredient, one a time, except the sparkling Wine and slices of Tangerine. Mix well and then cover the punch bowl and refrigerate until really cold. Just before serving, add the sparkling Wine and float the thin slices of Tangerine on top.

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Strawberry Mint Champagne Punch

Strawberry Mint Champagne Punch

1 lb fresh Strawberries
6-8 sprigs of Mint
1 bottle Champagne or sparkling white Wine

Puree the Strawberries and Mint in a food processor. Strain out the seeds through a fine sieve into a small punch bowl. To serve, first spoon this mix into a champagne glass and then top off each one with Champagne. Decorate each glass with a sprig of Mint.

You can make this several ways. You can make it up this way, multiplying the mix by the number of people you expect and serve it up one glass at a time this way. Or you can make it up together in advance, like a punch, in a bowl by mixing the fruit mixture together with bottles of champagne, using one full bottle for every 1 lb of Strawberries you use. Either way it's good.

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Loving Cup

Loving Cup

2 fresh Lemons
6 sprigs of Lemon Balm
6 sprigs and flowers of Borage or Vipers Blugloss
1/2 cup sugar
3 1/2 cups water
1/2 bottle Dessert Wine
1/2 cup Brandy
1 bottle Champagne or sparkling white Wine

Peel and thinly slice the Lemons. Put the sliced Lemons with the Lemon Balm, Borage, Lemon zest and sugar into a punch bowl. Stir in the water, Wine and Brandy. Cover and chill for an hour.

Chill the Champagne or Sparkling Wine separately. Just before serving, pour over the mix with the Champagne and stir. Float sprigs of herbs or flowers on top.

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Champagne Sherbet Punch

Champagne Sherbet Punch

2 bottles dry Champagne or sparkling Wine (750 ml each)
1 bottle chilled white Wine
1 qt Orange or Raspberry Sherbet

In a punch bowl, combine Champagne and or sparkling Wine with the white Wine. Add a block of ice and stir. Top off with scoops of Sherbet.

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Americana

Americana

1 tsp Bourbon
dash Orange Bitters
1/2 tsp superfine Sugar
Dry Sparkling Wine
1 slice brandied Peach

If you cannot find brandied Peaches, then marinate sliced Peaches in Brandy overnight. This will make brandied Peaches. To make the drink, combine the Bourbon, Bitters and Sugar in a mixing glass. Shake well and then pour into a chilled champagne glass. Top off with the sparkling Wine. DO NOT STIR. Garnish with a slice of brandied Peach.

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