5 Easy to Make Sparkling Cocktails for New Year’s Eve
These five sparkling cocktails are guaranteed crowd-pleasers for a New Year’s Eve party or intimate dinner for two. All are made with sparkling wine and require a few other ingredients. They are easy to make and offer visual appeal.
Choose your favorite flavor liqueur—then a bottle of Prosecco, Champagne or Cremant—and some soda water, and you’ll have all the makings you need for these delicious cocktails.
These bubbly drinks will whet your appetite and add to the evening’s festivities.
1- Campari Spritz
Color: Ruby Red
Flavor Profile: Balance of bitter and sweet
Ingredient
Ingredients
- 2 parts Campari
- 2 parts Prosecco
- 1 part soda water
Recipe:
- Pour Campari over ice-filled wine glass
- Top with Prosecco and soda water, then stir
- Garnish with a slice of orange
2- St-Germain Spritz
Color: Pale Golden
Flavor Profile: Citrusy Elderflower
3- Juliette and Champagne
Color: Peachy
Flavor Profile: Ripe peaches with floral notes
Ingredients:
- 1 oz Juliette Peach Liqueur
- 5 oz Champagne Brut
Recipe:
4- Kir Royale
Color: Pale pink
Flavor Profile: Black currant sweetness balanced with the dryness of champagne
Ingredients:
- Gabriel Boudier Creme de Cassis de Dijon
- Champagne or Cremant
Recipe:
- Pour 3 or 4 oz of Creme de Cassis in a flute glass
- Top with Champagne or Cremant
- Add a few fresh raspberries or blueberries or garnish
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5- Aperol Spritz
Color: Bright orange
Flavor Profile: Bittersweet orange with herbal notes
Ingredients:
- Three parts Prosecco
- Two parts Aperol
- 1 part soda water
Recipe:
- Pour the Aperol into a wine glass
- Top with Prosecco
- Garnish with an orange or lemon slice or olive
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