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Fifty Best Champagne Cocktails |
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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!
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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.
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Bellini (add fresh peach puree and juice) Black Velvet (add chilled stout) Mimosa (add orange juice) Nelson's Blood (add tawny port)
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Champagne Sherbet Punch Old Waldorf Champagne Punch Aristocrat Sparkling Punch Champagne Cup Empire Punch
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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.
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Magna Carta 1-1/2 ounces 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Arise My Love Put one teaspoon of crème de menthe in a champagne glass, then fill with champagne or sparkling wine.
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Savoy 2000 (American Bar, The Savoy, London) Shake 2/3 ounce gin, 2/3 ounce Midori, 1/3 ounce Limoncello, 1-2/3 ounces mango juice. Pour into glass frosted with sugar, and top with champagne.
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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.
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Champagne Normande Caribbean Champagne French Revolution Imperial Fizz King's Peg Buck's Fizz
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Ritzy Raspberry Revelry (Hemingway Bar, Hotel Ritz, Paris) Pour into a champagne flute 2/3 ounce vodka in which raspberries have macerated for at least 10 days. Finish with champagne. Garnish with a red rose.
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Schussboomer's Delight Place 2 ice cubes, 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice, and 1-1/2 ounces cognac in a tall glass. Fill with chilled champagne or sparkling wine.
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Air Mail Alfonso Cocktail American Beauty Cocktail Bourbon Lancer Chicago Count Currey
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Polo Deux Milles (Polo Lounge, Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows) Pour 1/4 ounce Grand Marnier Cuvée du Centenaire into a champagne flute. Fill with 6 ounces of champagne. Splash 1/4 ounce Blue Curaçao on top.
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Maimoun (Churchill Piano Bar, La Mamounia, Marrakesh) Combine 1/3 ounce Amaretto, 1/3 ounce fig alcohol, 4 ounces of brut champagne, and a drop of mint syrup.
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Happy Youth 1 ounce cherry brandy 1-1/2 ounces sweet vermouth 3 ounces chilled orange juice 1 tsp sugar champagne or sparkling wine Pour ingredients, except champagne, into a large stemmed glass over ice cubes. Stir gently and top with champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with a slice of orange.
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Baker's Dozen Rheims Punch World of Tomorrow Punch Keuka Cup Buddha Punch
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Formosa Pour 4 ounces champagne or sparkling wine into a brandy snifter. Fill with 6 ounces orange juice. Top off with a dash of Triple Sec.
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French 75 Shake with cracked ice, 1-1/2 ounces of dry gin, fresh juice of 1/2 lemon, 1/2 tsp powdered sugar. Pour into glass with ice cubes, fill with chilled champagne or sparkling wine. Add a twist of lemon peel or a cherry.
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Blue Train Cocktail Shake well together with cracked ice, 1/4 brandy and 1/4 lightly sweetened pineapple juice. Fill glass 1/2 full with this mixture and top with well-chilled champagne or sparkling wine.
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Champagne Julep Place one sugar cube and two sprigs of fresh mint into a chilled highball glass. Add two cubes of clear ice and slowly pour in well-chilled champagne or sparkling wine, stirring constantly. A splash of bourbon is optional. Garnish with slices of fresh fruit, if desired.
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Diamond Cocktail Oriental 2000 Peppermint Park Tahiti Typhoon Jade
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21st Martini 2½ ounces rum, 2 ounces fresh guava juice, 2 ounces fresh-pressed sugar cane juice, champagne or sparkling wine
Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full of ice and add the rum, guava juice, and sugar cane juice. Shake for about 15 seconds, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and top with the champagne or sparkling wine.
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Midnight Kiss Cocktail Rim the edge of a wine glass with white or gold sugar. Pour 3/4 oz. well-chilled vodka into the glass, and fill with champagne or sparkling wine. Top with Blue Curaçao.
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D'Artagnan
1 tsp Armagnac 1 tsp Grand Marnier 1/2 ounce chilled orange juice 1/2 tsp simple syrup champagne or sparkling wine Pour ingredients, except champagne, into a champagne flute. Stir gently, then top with champagne or sparkling wine. Garnish with an orange twist.
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Poinsettia Into a champagne flute, stir together 1/2 ounce of Grand Marnier or Cointreau with 1 ounce of cranberry juice. Squeeze in juice of 1 small wedge of fresh lime. Fill with champagne or sparkling wine. |
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The Benediction (Standard Hotel, New York City) 3/4 ounce Bénédictine, Dash, orange bitters Champagne
Pour the Bénédictine into a Champagne flute, add the bitters, then fill to the top with Champagne.
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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!
"TheFiftyBest Champagne Cocktails" For info and recipes: editor@thefiftybest.com
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Fri. February 5, 2010 11:52 PM - by: danvir singh
i like it very much b cos i m hotelioer
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