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Enjoy
the different taste experience that comes from using wine
as an ingredient for some unique and exotic drinks.
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Applause |
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4
oz White Zinfandel
2 oz Apple Juice |
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Bishop |
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3
oz. red wine
2 oz. lemon juice
2 tsp. simple syrup |
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Shake
with cracked ice and strain into chilled wineglass. Garnish
with an orange twist. |
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Blackberry
Melonball |
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8
oz. Blackberry Merlot Mist
1 oz. melon liqueur
1 oz. vodka |
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Mix
in a glass with ice. |
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Cool
Jazz |
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1
oz dry white wine
3/4 oz banana liqueur
1/2 oz lime juice
1 slice of banana |
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Shake
wine, liqueur and lime juice well with ice, and strain
into a cocktail glass. Float banana slice on top. |
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Cranberry
Twist |
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4
oz Cranberry Mist
4 oz Cranberry Juice
1 oz Gin |
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Serve
in a glass with ice. Garnish with lime. |
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French
Curve |
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4
oz. chilled dry white wine
1 tsp Pernod
1 tsp maraschino liqueur
1 slice lemon
1/2 slice orange |
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Pour
wine, Pernod, and maraschino liqueur into large wine glass.
Add ice cubes. Stir. Add lemon and orange slices. |
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Kir |
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3/4
oz Crème de Cassis
White Wine |
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Pour
creme de Cassis in bottom of Wine glass, Fill with wine,
Garnish with a twist. |
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Kir
Royale |
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3/4
oz Crème de Cassis
Champagne |
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Pour
Creme de Cassis in bottom of Wine glass or flute, Fill
with champagne, Garnish with a twist. |
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Little
Eva |
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2
oz. Red wine
1/4 oz. triple sec
1 tsp. lime or lemon juice
4 oz. lemon-lime soda |
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Pour
the wine, triple sec and juice over ice in a glass. Stir.
Add the soda and stir gently. |
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Manhattan
Cooler |
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1
navel orange
3 oz dry red wine
1 oz dark rum
2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup club soda |
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Beginning
at the navel end and working around the orange, remove
the rind with a lemon zester to form an unbroken spiral
strip. In a tall glass, combine wine, rum and sugar. Stir
until sugar is dissolved and arrange the orange spiral
in the glass, hooking one end of it over the edge. Fill
glass with ice and add soda. |
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Mimosa |
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Orange
Juice
Champagne |
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Fill
Champagne glass 1/4 full with orange juice, and top up
with Champagne. |
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Mulled
Wine (makes 1 litre) |
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One
litre of red wine
One peeled, sliced orange
1/4 cup of brandy
10 cloves
2/3 cup honey or sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
2 tsp allspice |
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Combine
all ingredients in either a large pot or a slow cooker.
Gently warm the ingredients on low to medium heat (avoid
boiling), for 20-25 minutes. Stir occasionally to make
sure that the honey or sugar has completely dissolved. |
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Sangria
(makes 1 gallon) |
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5
bottles dry red wine
2/3 cup sugar
3 oranges, sliced with rind
2 lemons, sliced with rind
2 apples, sliced with skin
2 cinnamon sticks |
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Mix
all ingredients in a punch bowl. Let flavours blend for
several hours. Serve with ice. |
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Spritzer |
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White
Wine
Club Soda |
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Fill
a glass 3/4 full with white wine, add ice, and top up
with soda. |
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Strawberry
Fields |
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4
oz. chilled Strawberry White Zinfandel
1 oz. strawberry schnapps or brandy
1 frozen whole strawberry for garnish |
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In
a wine glass, combine schnapps or brandy and Arbor Mist
- Strawberry White Zinfandel. Stir well. Drop a frozen
strawberry into glass just before serving. |
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Strawberry
White Wine Cooler (makes 1 litre) |
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2
cups strawberries (about 1 pint), trimmed
1/3 cup sugar
a 750-ml. bottle Sauvignon Blanc or other dry white wine,
chilled |
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In
a bowl gently toss together strawberries and sugar and
let stand 10 minutes. In a blender purée strawberry
mixture with wine until smooth and pour through a fine
sieve into a pitcher. Wine cooler may be made 4 hours
ahead and chilled.
Serve wine cooler chilled over ice. |
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Strawberry
Zing |
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8
oz Strawberry White Zinfandel Mist
1/2 oz vodka
1 oz lime juice |
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Blend
and serve in a glass with ice. |
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Vesuvius |
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3
oz. dry white wine
1 tsp apricot liqueur
1 tsp amaretto |
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Stir
ingredients well with ice. Strain into wine glass. Garnish
with cucumber slice. |
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White
Sangria |
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1/2
cup peach schnapps
1/2 cup cognac
1/4 cup white sugar
4 oranges, sliced into rounds
2 mangos, peeled and sliced
4 (750 milliliter) bottles dry white wine, chilled
1 liter ginger ale, chilled |
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In
a pitcher, combine peach schnapps, cognac, sugar, oranges
and mangos. Chill for at least an hour. Pour fruit mixture
into a large punch bowl. Stir in white wine and ginger
ale. |
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Wine
Collins |
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4
oz. red wine
juice of 1/2 lemon
4 oz. sparkling water |
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Squeeze
lemon juice into Collins glass, fill half way with wine.
Add ice cubes and fill with sparkling water. Garnish with
lemon peel. |
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Yuletide
Punch (Serves 12) |
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3
bottles dry red wine
1 1/2 cups brandy
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
8 whole cloves
3 small lemons, zest scored lengthwise if desired with
a channel knife and fruit sliced thin crosswise |
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In
a large saucepan bring wine and brandy to a simmer with
sugar, cinnamon and cloves, stirring, and cook at a bare
simmer 2 minutes. Stir in lemon slices and ladle into
heat-proof cups. |
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Zin
Bubbles |
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3
oz. white zinfandel
2 oz. Schweppes Ginger Ale |
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Serve
on ice. |
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