Top the wine with the orange juice, taste and adjust, and enjoy! When you’re ready to serve, pour the wine into a tilted champagne flute, letting it run down the inside of the glass to avoid losing carbonation. For a really cold, bubbly cocktail, chill the wine and orange juice the night before you plan to make mimosas. In fact, for the best results, you should avoid using it, as it will dilute and diminish the wine’s carbonation. That’s it! For this cocktail, you don’t even need ice. Making a mimosa couldn’t be simpler, as it only requires 2 basic ingredients: chilled sparkling wine and orange juice. Whether you make it for a New Year’s brunch, any holiday gathering, or a lazy weekend morning, I hope you enjoy it. With citrus in peak season and New Year’s right around the corner, I thought now would be a great time to share my classic mimosa recipe. Light, fresh, and festive, they’re perfect for celebrating everything from Mother’s Day to Christmas. Please send your questions and comments to Follow us on twitter.If I’m hosting a special occasion brunch, you can bet that mimosas will be on the menu. Chris & Kerri are also part-owners of Jamaica's first and only wine-only bar - Bin 26 Wine Bar. Use sparkling wine, and the cocktail becomes a Kir Royale.Ĭheers! Have a wine cocktail with breakfast this weekend.Ĭhris Reckord is an independent wine consultant who operates DeVine Wine Services with his wife Kerri-Anne. It is said that the Kir was named after a hero of the resistance in Burgundy during World War II, hence a truly French Kir would use wine made from the acidic Aligoté grape. The Kir is a classic wine cocktail: half ounce Crème de Cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped with white wine. It is a mixture of sparkling wine (traditionally Prosecco) (2 parts) and peach purée (1 part) served in a flute. Also made with sparkling wine is one of Italy's most popular cocktails: The Bellini. For best results serve Champagne cocktails right away. Stirring these cocktails is not usually necessary, but when you do, stir slowly and gently. Pour the Champagne slowly over the other ingredients to avoid an overflow. When making any cocktail with Champagne, be sure to add the Champagne to the flute last. Mimosa - 2 parts Orange Juice to 3 parts Champagne or sparkling wine served in a flute. Buck's Fizz - 2 parts Orange Juice to 1 part Champagne, or sparkling wine served in a flute. There are claims that this drink originated in the UK, their version is called Buck's Fizz, named after London's Buck's Club where it was invented in the early 1900s. The Mimosa was made popular by the French. In a wine cocktail, the wine product is the primary alcohol by volume compared to the distilled alcohol or mixer.Ī number of very popular wine cocktails are made with Champagne or sparkling wine. The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the various alcohols. The essence of the drink is to add great bubbles, which can come from a great Spanish Cava or American sparkling wine.Ī wine cocktail is made predominantly with wine (including Champagne and Prosecco), with which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. Most individuals insist they need Champagne until they hear the price of Bubbly versus sparkling wine, approximately in the J$6,000 region compared to approximately J$2,000 or less for a great sparkling. With persons who I know, I was blunt and to the point, with the persons who I did not know I tried to be diplomatic and explained that Champagne and low prices cannot be used in the same sentence.Īs subtly as possible, I suggested that Champagne was not necessary for these mixed drinks. It seems that early-morning celebrations were on the increase between January and February as I received a number of calls and emails from persons looking for 'low-price Champagne' to make mimosas and other wine cocktails.

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