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Champagne Cocktails  Part 2

To some purists, the mixing of champagne with anything might seem unthinkable.
For cocktail lovers, champagne or sparkling wine becomes a choice ingredient
with which to add other interesting flavours.

These are the fifty best.
Nine times nine cheers!

Champagne Cobbler
1/2 tsp lemon juice         1/2 tsp curaçao
thin slice of orange         chilled champagne

Fill a large goblet half full of cracked ice. Add lemon juice, curaçao, and orange slice. Stir and fill glass with champagne or sparkling wine. Stir again gently.

Bellini (add fresh peach puree and juice)
Black Velvet (add chilled stout)
Mimosa (add orange juice)
Nelson's Blood (add tawny port)

Champagne Sherbet Punch
Old Waldorf Champagne Punch
Aristocrat Sparkling Punch
Champagne Cup
Empire Punch
1776 Punch

Golden Millennium
(King Cole Bar, St. Regis Hotel, NYC)

Place gold leaf in the bottom of a champagne flute,
add a dash of Liqueur 43, and fill with champagne.

Magna Carta
1-1/2 ounce well-chilled tequilla       lime juice
1 ounce well-chilled Triple Sec         salt
champagne or sparkling wine

Dip the rim of a chilled wine glass in lime juice, then salt. Pour in tequilla and Triple Sec, then fill with champagne or sparkling wine. Stir gently.

Kir Royale

Pour iced champagne or sparkling wine into a large
chilled wine glass,
add 1/2 ounce of crème de cassis, and stir gently.
Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.

Regent's Punch

Three bottles of Champagne or sparkling wine, two of Madeira, one of German white wine, an ounce of Curaçao, a quart of brandy, a pint of rum, two bottles of seltzer, four pounds of raisins, oranges and lemons, sugar, and all diluted with green tea.

Morning Glory

Fill Collins glass with ice chunks, pour 1/2 ounce Cointreau,
1/4 ounce cherry brandy, and a dash of Angostura bitters.
Add orange/ pineapple slices.
Fill with champagne or sparkling wine.

Arise My Love

Put one teaspoon of crème de menthe in a
champagne glass, then fill with champagne
or sparkling wine.

Savoy 2000
(American Bar, The Savoy, London)

Shake 2/3 ounce gin, 2/3 ounce Midori, 1/3 ounce Limoncello,
1-2/3 ounce mango juice. Pour into glass frosted with sugar,
and top with champagne.

Queen's Cousin

Combine 1 ounce vodka, 1/2 ounce Grand Marnier,
1/2 ounce of fresh lime juice, and 1 tsp Triple Sec.
Gently add 3 ounces of well-chilled champagne or sparkling wine.
Top with 2 dashes Angostura bitters.

Champagne Normande
Caribbean Champagne
French Revolution
Imperial Fizz
King's Peg
Buck's Fizz

Valencia

1/2 ounce Apricot Brandy, 1 ounce fresh orange juice,
2 dashes of orange bitters, champagne or sparkling wine
Shake first three ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne.
Garnish with an orange peel.

Lady Macbeth

4 ounce chilled champagne or sparkling wine
1 ounce Wood-aged Port     1 orange peel
Pour the champagne into a champagne flute. Slowly pour in the port, but do not stir. Twist an orange peel over the top, (flame the peel for a little extra show and flavor).

Great champagnes stand apart, to be enjoyed on their own.
Champagne/sparkling wine should always be served chilled, preferably at about 42-45° F.

Please drink responsibly!

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