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.

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.

Air Mail
Alfonso Cocktail
American Beauty Cocktail
Bourbon Lancer
Chicago
Count Currey

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.

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.

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.

Baker's Dozen
Rheims Punch
World of Tomorrow Punch
Keuka Cup
Buddha Punch

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.

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.

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.

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.

Diamond Cocktail
Oriental 2000
Peppermint Park
Tahiti Typhoon
Jade

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.

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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