3 Ways To Upgrade Your Summer Sparkling Wine Cocktails

Summer is here, and it’s time for refreshing, light and sparkling cocktails with plenty of summer flavor.

Ditch your classic mimosa and spritz for something a little different this summer. Sparkling wine is a summer favorite for a reason – it’s refreshing flavors and fizz can pair with a wide range of flavors, and when used in a cocktail there’s a lot of wiggle room with the ABV. We’ve rounded up three of our current favorite flavor pairings for bubbly to help get your creative juices flowing.

Vanilla Rose Syrup

The combination of vanilla and rose can come off as overly saccharine, but when mixed with light hand into a dry sparkling wine it opens into a refreshing flavor perfect for summer. The floral syrup is not only perfect for sparkling wines, but low and no ABV drinks as well.

Vanilla Rose Syrup

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups White Sugar
• 2 Cups Rose Water
• 2 Tsp Vanilla Extract

Optional – pink food coloring, 3-4 hibiscus petals, or small cube of beet for color

Preparation: Combine sugar and water in a small pot and simmer until sugar dissolves and the liquid reduces. Add vanilla and stir. If a pink hue is desired add food coloring of choice. If opting for a natural color, note that the hibiscus may add light citrus notes while the beets may add earthiness.

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The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley – Yuzu Luxe Sour

When paired with a dry prosecco and a few other ingredients The Perfect Purée’s Yuzu Luxe Sour mix creates a dynamic and refreshing drink perfect for this summer’s yuzu craze. Aromatic botanicals of makrut lime and lemongrass compliment the tart flavor of lemongrass to create a complex flavor that pairs well with sparkling wines that have fruity notes and decent acidity.

5 Year Fizz

By Jonathan Pogash

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz. St. Elder Natural Elderflower Liqueur
• 3 oz. Bolla Prosecco
• 1 oz. The Perfect Purée Pink Guava Puree, thawed
• 1/2 oz. The Perfect Puree Yuzu Luxe Sour blend, thawed

Preparation: Gently stir ingredients together with ice and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lavender sprig.

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Sorbet Punch

Perhaps one of the simplest ways to amp up your sparkling wine is just a scoop of sorbet and a few garnishes. Not only can you share the sorbet with your kitchen to decrease new ingredients, but you can have as many or as interesting flavors as you’d like. Not to mention, if you’re working in a facility that can make its own sorbet, it’s a great way to reduce food waste as sorbet is another way to use up produce that’s past its prime.

Raspberry Sorbet Punch

Ingredients:

• Sparkling Wine
• 1/2 oz. Limoncello
• 1 Small Scoops Raspberry Sorbet
• Mint for Garnish

Preparation: In a glass of choice place sorbet and pour chilled limoncello and prosecco over top. Garnish with a few slapped mint leaves and some fresh raspberries.

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Source: Mixology News