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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 ounce 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 fill 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 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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"TheFiftyBest Champagne Cocktails" For info and recipes: editor@thefiftybest.com
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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. |