Fizzy cocktails

Holiday season is the best time of the year for enjoying Champagne and sparkling wine. Festive and chic, sparkling drinks served as an aperitif or for toasting the new year set the tone, plunging guests into the celebratory spirit.

Author Marie Charest

Published on December 20, 2016

1. Holidays bubbles

With its beautiful golden colour and flavours of almonds, blackcurrant and citrus, this elegant cocktail will charm your guests.

Holiday Bubbles

Almond liqueur (amaretto-like)
Black currant liqueur

Sparkling wine / champagne

2. Rasptini

Nothing says Christmas like this red cocktail featuring sparkling wine, raspberry and citrus.

Rasptini

Raspberry-flavoured vodka

Citrus liqueur

Sparkling wine / champagne

3. Aristocrat

Give your gathering a royal air with this herbaceous cocktail. It’s a sure bet for pleasing gin-lovers!

Aristocrat

Dry gin

Sparkling wine / champagne

4. Christmas star

Pomegranate and starfruit season is in full swing—here’s a cocktail highlighting these captivating flavours.

Christmas Star

Apple-flavoured vodka

Sparkling wine / champagne

5. Bellini

Everyone loves a Bellini! Venice’s iconic cocktail offers peachy flavours that are perfect for serving a crowd at brunch. If you don’t have time to make your own peach purée, just pick up a commercially made peach nectar.

Bellini

Sparkling wine / champagne

Three bubblies perfect for cocktails

To create effervescent cocktails, choose sparkling wines marked with the taste tag fruity and vibrant. Since they are on the dry side, these wines create balance in sparkling liquor-based cocktails.

Choose affordable sparkling wines, since trying to impress your guests with a refined Champagne will only result in the fine wine’s subtle aromas being camouflaged by the other cocktail ingredients.