Drawbridge

Drawbridge 

    Ingredients:

5 oz dry white Wine

Club Soda

splash of Blue Curacao

Fill a wineglass with ice.  Pour in the white Wine.  Top with club soda and a splash of Blue Curacao.  Garnish with a Lemon twist.

White Wine Spritzer

White Wine Spritzer

Ingredients:

White Wine

Club Soda

Half fill a Tulip or Champagne glass with ice. Fill the glass halfway with chilled white Wine. Fill the rest of the way with the Club Soda. Stir gently and garnish with a twist of Lemon.

White Cargo

White Cargo

2 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur
2 dashes dry white Wine
1 scoop Vanilla Ice Cream

Combine the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.  Pour into a goblet and serve.

White Wine Super Sangria

White Wine Super Sangria

2 bottles dry white Wine
1/2 cup Cointreau or Triple Sec
2 oz Brandy
1 cup Orange juice
1 pint Strawberries
1 Lime
1 Lemon
1/2 Orange
1 1/2 cups seedless green Grapes
1 1/2 cups seedless red Grapes
1 oz superfine granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups club soda

Hull and quarter the Strawberries. Cut the Lime, Lemon and Orange into thin slices. When ready, combine all the ingredients, except the club soda, in a large punch bowl. Refrigerate for several hours. Right before serving, add the club soda and stir. Set out large Wine glasses for service.

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Hock Cup

Hock Cup

1 bottle of dry German white Wine
6 cups Club Soda
1 shot Brandy
1/2 shot Curacao or Benedictine
1 Lemon rind, finely grated
1 Orange rind, finely grated
12 salad burnett leaves
fresh Calendula petals

Chill the Wine and Club Soda for an hour. Place all the other ingredients, except the Club Soda and Calendula petals into a punch bowl. Pour over with the chilled Wine, top off with the Club Soda and decorate with the flower petals. Serve immediately.

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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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Aspi

Aspi

3 tbsp Lavender flowers
1 bottle dry white Wine
1 tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 glass of Brandy

Steep the Lavender flowers in the white Wine for 24 hours. Make a syrup by simmering the sugar with 6 tbsp of water for 10 minutes. When the syrup is cooled, add it and the Brandy to a punch bowl. Strain the white Wine through a strainer and add to the punch bowl. Chill and stir. Serve while cold.

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Czar

Czar

1 oz Vodka
1 oz Grand Marnier
1/2 oz lime juice
dash orange bitters
3 oz dry sparkling white Wine

Fill a mixing glass with ice and add in everything but the Wine. Shake well and strain into a large wineglass. Pour over with the Wine.

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Hock Cup

Hock Cup

1 bottle Hock or any dry White Wine
6 cups of Club Soda
2 oz Brandy
1 shot Curacao or Benedictine
Finely grated rind of 1 Lemon
Finely grated rind of 1 Orange
12 young Salad Burnet leaves
Sprinkling of Calendula petals
--serves 8--

Chill the Hock and the club soda for 1 hour. After chilling, put all of the ingredients, including the hock, in a pitcher or jug and sprinkle the calendula petals on the surface. Serve immediately while still cold

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Aspi

Aspi

3 Tbsp Lavender Flowers, dried or fresh
1 bottle of dry White Wine
1 Tbsp granulated Sugar
4oz Brandy
6 Tbsp Water
-- makes 4 servings--

Steep the flowers in the Wine for 24 hours. Simmer the sugar in the water for 10 minutes. After completely dissolved, allow the Sugar mixture to cool. Strain the Wine to remove the flowers and then add the sugar mixture. Stir in the Brandy, chill and serve cold in 4oz glasses.

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Maywine

Maywine

1 bottle of Dry White Wine
5 thin Orange slices or 5 Strawberries
12 sprigs of Woodruff
1 Tsp white Sugar
--serves 4--

Put all the ingredients in a jug and leave for 1 hour. Strain and serve chilled- keep cold by submerging the pitcher or jug in crushed ice. Serve in 4oz Wine glasses with an Orange slice or a Strawberry.

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Loving Cup

Loving Cup

2 Lemons
3 1/2 cups of Water
6 sprigs of Lemon Balm
1/2 bottle of Dessert Wine
6 sprigs & flowers of Borage or Vipers' Bugloss
1/2 cup Brandy
1/2 cup Sugar
1 bottle Champagne or Sparkling Dry White Wine


Put Borage Flowers into ice cube trays with water and freeze. Remove the zest from one of the Lemons. Peel the remaining Lemon and slice both of them into slivers. Put the Lemon Balm, Borage sprigs, Lemon slices, Lemon zest and Sugar into a large jug or pitcher & then stir in the 3 1/2 cups of Water, the Dessert Wine and the Brandy. Cover and chill for one hour. Chill the Champagne and mix in just before serving. Decorate with the Borage flower ice cubes.

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