Winter is coming to an end, so let us raise a glass to toast the season goodbye with some of Finger Lakes Wine Country region’s famous ice wines!

Celebrate the end of the season with these 5 chilly winter ice wine cocktails and drink recipes perfect for your next event or just for those lingering frosty Finger Lakes nights!

FLX Winter Ice Wine Martini

Shaken, not stirred! Served over ice and top it off with a frozen grape.

FLX winter Ice Wine Martini

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  • 1 oz Fulkerson Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
  • 2 oz Four Fights Distilling Crystal City Vodka
  • 1 frozen grape

Ice Wine Snowy Slushie

Pour chilled Ice Wine with ice cubes and mix in a blender. Once blended, add more ice cubes in a martini glass and top off with frozen grapes.

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2014 Vidal Blanc Ice Wine (375ml) THUMBNAILIngredients

  • 10-12 Ice Cubes
  • 6 oz of Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
  • 1 frozen grape

Winter Wine Down

Shake ingredients with ice cubes & pour in a cocktail glass, garnish with an apple slice.

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  • 1.5oz of Wagner Vineyards Riesling Ice Wine
  • 1oz of Wegman’s apple juice
  • Splash of Wagner Vineyards Chardonnay Unoaked

Fizzy Frosty Ice Wine Cocktail

Mix ingredients over ice cubes, slice strawberry to moisten the rim and dip into sugar on a shallow dish, pour over ice and garnish with strawberry.

2018 VIDAL BLANC ICE WINEGolden SpumanteIngredients

  • 1 oz Keuka Spring Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
  • 3 oz Golden Spumante by Goose Watch Winery Sparkling Wine
  • Garnish with Strawberry
  • Sugar for rim of cocktail glass   

Winter Ice Wine Sangria

Combine Ice Wine, liqueur, juice, & club soda in a pitcher or punch bowl. Place fruit in liquid and chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours. To serve, pour over ice and use spoon to top off with fruit.

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  • 1 cup Hunt Country Vineyards Vidal Blanc Ice Wine
  • 3 tbsp Finger Lakes Distilling Raspberry Liqueur
  • 2 cups of Wegman’s White Grape Juice
  • 1 cup of club soda
  • 1 cup of mixed berries and limes