Champagne Twists for New Year’s
I like Champagne but I really like to mix with it, so you know what I’ll be doing on New Year’s Eve. I’ve been gearing up for the holiday by collecting a few new Champagne cocktails, which are far more interesting than the average Bellini and Mimosa - these are truly elegant and perfect for your New Year’s Eve toasts.
When it comes to choosing a Champagne to mix with I prefer to go with the opposite of the rest of the drink. If it’s mostly made of sweet mixers (like the Accomplice below), I like to go with the drier styles like brut or extra dry, but when it comes to the cocktails with drier ingredients, a great demi sec sweetens everything up.
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 2 oz Stolichnaya vodka
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- Champagne
- 3 strawberries
- superfine sugar for rimming
Muddle three strawberries and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add the vodka and lemon juice. Shake well. Strain into a sugar-rimmed martini glass. Top with Champagne.
Beautiful Boat (pictured)
- 40 ml Rose Champagne
- 50 ml Cape North Vodka
- 2 mint leaves
Shake the vodka and mint in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Double strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Float Champagne over top.
- 1 1/2 oz Finlandia Vodka
- 1 1/2 oz Korbel Champagne
- 3/4 oz Chambord
- red sugar for rimming
Rim the glass with red sugar (use food coloring). Pour vodka and half of the Chambord in a martini glass. Top with Champagne. Pour the remaining Chambord over the back of a spoon to make it float.
- 1 1/2 oz St. Germain liqueur
- 1 1/2 oz pear vodka
- Champagne
- super-fine sugar for rimming
Rim a cocktail glass with super-fine sugar. Shake liquors in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into the prepared cocktail glass. Top with Champagne.
Great post Colleen! We (Grey Goose) have a pear vodka that would be perfect for the French Pear Martini recipe.
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Happy New Year!