Champagne Cocktails:
When making any cocktail with Champagne be sure to add the Champagne to the flute last. Pour the Champagne slowly over the other ingredients to avoid an overflow. Stirring these cocktails is not usually necessary, but when you do, stir slowly and gently. For best results serve Champagne cocktails right away.
- Axis Kiss- Champagne, crème de cassis, Amaretto
- Bellini- Champagne, peach juice
- Blushing Bride- Champagne, peach schnapps, grenadine
- Bourbon Champagne Cocktail- Champagne, bourbon, vanilla syrup
- Buck's Fizz- Champagne, orange juice
- Champagne Cocktail- Champagne, brandy, Angostura bitters
- Champagne Punch- Champagne, strawberries, fruit punch, lemon and orange juices, ginger ale
- Champanska- Champagne, vodka, lime cordial
- Château Cardillo- Champagne, black raspberry liqueur, pear juice
- D'Artagnan- Champagne, Armagnac, Grand Marnier, orange juice, simple syrup
- Elderflower Cocktail- Champagne, St. Germaine, soda
- Elit Midnight Millionaire- Champagne, vodka
- Flirtini- Champagne, vodka, Cointreau, pineapple juice, fresh pineapple
- French 75- Champagne, gin, Cointreau, lemon juice
- French Pear Martini - Champagne, St. Germaine, pear vodka
- Kir Royale- Champagne, crème de cassis
- Mimosa- Champagne, triple sec, orange juice
- Miracle Margarita- Veuve Clicquot Champagne, tequila, Grand Marnier, orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice
- Poinsettia- Champagne, Cointreau, cranberry juice
- Pomegranate-Pineapple Fireworks- Champagne, pomegranate and pineapple vodkas, pineapple juice
- Pomegranate Poinsettia- Champagne, PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur, orange liqueur, orange juice
- Strawberry Flapper- Champagne, crème de cassis, fresh strawberries
- Sweetest Thing- Champagne, bourbon, crème de framboise
- Tezón Mistletoe- Mumm Champagne, Tequila Tezón Blanco, triple sec, pomegranate juice
- There Will Be Rum- Mumm Champagne, Malibu rum, ruby red grapefruit juice, grenadine
- Tickled Pink- Champagne, X-Rated Fusion Liqueur
- Winter- Champagne, SKYY Orange vodka, blue curaçao
Wine Cocktails:
- Endless Possibilities- Covey Run Semillon Ice Wine, vanilla-ginger simple syrup, club soda
- English Christmas Punch- dry red wine, dark rum, tea, orange juice, lemon juice
- Glamour Girl Martini- Folonari Pink Pinot Grigio, peach schnapps, cranberry juice
- Ice-tini- Covey Run Semillon Ice Wine, vodka
- Kir- dry white wine, crème de cassis
- Mulled Pomegranate Warmer- red wine, PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur, lemons, oranges, nutmeg, cinnamon
- Mulled Wine- red wine, brandy, orange, cloves, honey or sugar, cinnamon sticks, ginger
- Napoleon- Dubonnet Rouge, gin, Grand Marnier
- Sangria- red wine, brandy, curaçao, ginger ale, sugar syrup, club soda, fresh lemon or lime juice, fresh orange juice
- Spanish Sangria- from About.com's Spanish Cuisine Guides, Lisa & Tony Sierra
- More Sangria Recipes- from About.com's Wine Guide, Stacy Slinkard
- Something Blue- white wine, Hpnotiq, ginger ale
- Sour Grapes- Folonari Pink Pinot Grigio, sour mix
- Wine Spritzer- white wine, club soda or mineral water
- Xalapa Punch- dry red wine, apple brandy, amber rum, black tea, honey, oranges
- Ziaza- Dubonnet, gin
For more information about wine...
- About.com Wine Guide, Stacy Slinkard, explains the world of wine and has wonderful recommendations.
- Wine Matcher- Natalie MacLean, author of Red, White and Drunk All Over, has put together an easy-to-use wine and food pairing database. Natalie also offers a free wine e-newsletter.
- Book Review: What To Drink With What You Eat
