Perfect for the holidays or any special celebration are these 5 Easy FLX Sparkling Celebration Cocktails using the finest sparkling wines from Finger Lakes Wine Country.
Try any of these simple recipes using the region’s finest bubbly to celebrate!
Cheers!
Sparkly Raspberry
- 1 bottle of chilled J.R. Dill Winery Cayuga White Rise
- 1 bottle of Finger Lakes Distilling Raspberry Liqueur
- Raspberries for Garnish
Fill your champagne glass or martini glass 3/4 full with your chilled J.R. Dill Winery Cayuga White Rise. Add a splash of Finger Lakes Distilling Raspberry Liqueur. Add a few raspberries to your drink for garnish and serve.
A Rose-y Celebration
- 3 oz. of chilled Heron Hill Lady of the Lakes Bubbly Blush
- 1 oz. of Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Distiller’s Reserve Gin
- ½ oz. Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
- ½ oz. rose simple syrup (instructions below)
- Raspberries for garnish
Combine ice, gin, lemon juice, and rose simple syrup into a shaker. Shake for around 20 seconds and strain into your glass of choice. Top off with your chilled Heron Hill Lady of the Lakes Bubbly Blush and add a few raspberries for garnish and serve.
Rose Simple Syrup Instructions
- ½ cup of water
- ½ cup of Rose Water (food grade)
- 1 cup of white sugar
In a small saucepan add water, food grade rose water, and sugar and bring to a boil stirring until the sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
After simmering, remove from the heat and let the syrup sit for 30 minutes. Pour the rose simple syrup into a glass container with a lid to let it finish cooling and for easy serving.
Simple syrup stays good for around 30 days with refrigeration.
Frozen Peach Bellini
- 1 bottle of chilled Glenora Wine Cellars Brut (or to make it a little sweeter and to kick the peachiness up a notch, try Glenora’s Peach Spumante)
- 1 cup of Mango nectar
- 3 cups of frozen peach slices
- Fresh mint for garnish
Blend Mango nectar and frozen peach slices in a blender. Fill your glass of choice half full of the blended mixture. Top off with chilled Glenora Wine Cellars Brut or Peach Spumante and add a mint leaf for garnish and serve.
Pomegranate Mimosa
- 1 bottle of chilled Wagner Vineyards Sparkling Riesling
- 1 Pomegranate worth of seeds
- Pomegranate Juice
- Sprig of Rosemary for garnish
- Optional: lime and granulated sugar for a sugar-coated rim
If you’re doing the sugar-coated rim, first cut a lime into slices and swipe around the rim before dipping into a shallow bowl or plate of granulated sugar.
Fill your champagne glass or martini glass 3/4 full with your chilled Wagner Vineyards Sparkling Riesling. Top off with pomegranate juice and add a few pomegranate seeds and a sprig of rosemary on the top for garnish and serve.
Sparkling Wine Bowler
- 4 oz of chilled Dr. Konstantin Frank Sparkling Célèbre
- 1 oz of chilled Dr. Konstantin Frank Semi-Dry Riesling
- ½ oz of simple syrup (instructions below)
- ½ oz Cognac
- Strawberries for Garnish
In a shaker, muddle 3 strawberries and simple syrup together. On top of the muddled mixture, fill the shaker halfway with ice cubes. Add the Dr. Konstantin Frank Semi-Dry Riesling and cognac and shake well.
Pour everything from the shaker, including the ice, into a drinking glass of choice. Top off with Dr. Konstantin Frank Sparkling Célèbre and a strawberry for garnish and serve.
Simple Syrup Instructions
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup of white sugar
In a small saucepan add water and sugar and bring to a boil stirring until the sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute.
After simmering, remove from the heat and let the syrup sit for 30 minutes. Pour the simple syrup into a glass container with a lid to let it finish cooling and for easy serving.
Simple syrup stays good for around 30 days with refrigeration.
