Have a Cocktail with Sparkling Ice

Enjoy the summer nights with a refreshing beverage!

Sparkling Paloma

INGREDIENTS

½ oz Tequila

1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

½ oz Fresh Lime Juice

½ oz Agave Nectar

Splash of Sparkling Ice Pink Grapefruit

Grapefruit Peel for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Combine tequila, fresh grapefruit juice, fresh lime juice, and agave nectar into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a glass over ice. Add a splash of Sparkling Ice Pink Grapefruit. Garnish with grapefruit peel and serve.

Citrus Freeze

INGREDIENTS

1 oz tequila

8 oz. Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime

1 oz lime juice

1 lime wedge

DIRECTIONS

In a blender, add one cup of ice, tequila, Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime, and lime juice. 

Blend until smooth and pour into a glass and serve with a lime wedge.

Think Spring with These Refreshing Cocktails

We are thinking Spring with these cocktails!

Innocent One

INGREDIENTS

·                     3 oz of Prosecco

·                     1.5 oz of orange juice

·                     1.5 oz Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry

·                     Mint leaves (garnish)

DIRECTIONS

Combine all into champagne flute. Garnish with mint leaves.

Rough Around the Edges

INGREDIENTS

·                     1.5 oz of rye whiskey

·                     0.5 oz of lemon juice

·                     6 oz Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry

·                     Dash of Angostura bitters

·                     Lemon (garnish)

DIRECTIONS

1.                Add bitters, rye whiskey, and lemon juice to shaker.

2.                Add ice. Shake and strain into Collins glass with ice.

3.                Add Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry.

4.                Garnish with lemon twist.

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Korbel Champagne Celebrates You and the New Year

The approaching holidays brings thoughts of busy kitchens, highways, and shopping malls.
From decorative tablescapes dressed with tasty dishes to crowded department stores filled with eager shoppers for NYE sales, the New Year’s Day tradition calls for a refreshing way to toast the new year.

The perfect occasion to re-purpose leftovers and pop some bubbly, New Year’s Eve Brunch is the new trend that all will enjoy on their day off! As The Official Sponsor of Brunch®, Korbel California Champagne has three festive New Year’s Eve Brunch-inspired cocktails to help your readers entertain at home for the occasion. 

For those who plan to work up an appetite at the mall, or kick back in sweats on the couch all day, these simple sparkling cocktails are the perfect complement to any brunch menu and will have you raising a glass throughout the entire holiday season!

New Year’s Eve Mimosa

Jack Daniel’s black label Old No. 7 is the perfect cocktail companion for your New Year’s Eve celebrations.

•  1 oz. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
• 2 oz. Orange Juice
• 4 oz. Korbel California Champagne
• Pour Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and orange juice into a shaker with ice. 
• Shake and strain into a glass. Top with Korbel.

Black Raspberry Mimosa

Chambord, a French Black Raspberry liqueur, will carry the New Year’s Eve theme through with an elegant and simple way to elevate your favorite Korbel.

•  ½ oz. Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur
• 4 oz. Korbel California Champagne
• Pour Chambord into a champagne flute and top with Korbel.

Classic Korbel Mimosa

After all of the cooking, mixing, and serving from week before, maybe you want to keep it simple with a traditional mimosa. You can never go wrong with this classic.

•  4 oz. Korbel California Champagne
• 4 oz. Orange Juice
• Pour orange juice into a champagne flute and top with Korbel.

Please enjoy responsibly.

Holiday Cocktails

Get ready for the holidays with a few cocktails, perfect for New Year's Eve or anytime.

Sparkle and Spice

INGREDIENTS

·                750ml bottle aged rum

·                1/2 cinnamon stick

·                1 clove

·                1 cardamom pod

·                1 star anise pod

·                1 vanilla bean

·                3 allspice berries

·                Pinch of freshly ground nutmeg

·                Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime

DIRECTIONS

1.              Combine rum, cinnamon stick, clove, cardamom, star anise, vanilla bean, allspice berries, and nutmeg in an airtight jar.

2.              Split vanilla bean and scrape seeds into jar along with the bean pod. Close jar and allow infusion to sit in a dark place for at least 3 days.

3.              Strain rum into an airtight jar with a fine-mesh strainer, discarding spices.

4.              Over ice, pour 2 ounces of rum infusion.

5.              Top with Sparkling Ice Lemon Lime and garnish with blackberries.'

 Recipe Credit: Sparkling Ice

Ginger Whiskey Cider

INGREDIENTS

·                2 oz. Hard Cider

·                1 oz. Whiskey

·                Brooklyn Crafted Ginger Beer Mini in Traditional, to fill

·                Crushed Ice

DIRECTIONS

1.              In a 12-16 oz. high ball glass, combine the hard cider and whiskey.

2.              Fill the glass with crushed ice and top with Brooklyn Crafted.

Recipe Credit: Brooklyn Crafted

Shake It Up: Cocktail Chameleon Makes the Holidays a Little More Fun

From the classic Margarita to the Love Byte, a stunning new home mixologist's one-stop guide is award-winning designer and producer Mark Addison’s invitation to join him as he dresses up twelve cocktails in twelve unique variations for 144 signature takes on the classics. The book is called Cocktail Chameleon and signed copies are exclusively available at www.cocktailchameleon.com, just in time for holiday entertaining.

Mark likes to say: “It’s called entertaining for a reason: you get to have fun while you do it!” In his new book he gives advice and tips on how to get out from behind the bar and out of the kitchen to enjoy your own party and spend more time with your guests. 

He also shares easy-to-follow recipes for his signature holiday libations such as Baked Apple Punch, Cranberry Sauce Cocktail, Pumpkin Pie Martini and many more! And he cracks the code on what to serve to whom and when - friends vs. family, cocktail party vs. dinner party, party starters vs. dessert cocktails.

Mr. Addison tantalizes with molecular mixology to create the Anti-Gravity, instructs on how to reinvent the beloved Bloody Mary with sake, and invokes the famed royal rose garden with the Versailles in this beautiful new book. Inside readers will find:

·                The Pop-Rocks-rimmed Anti Gravity Martini

·                The Old Fashioned inspired Old Black Magic, a sultry variation on the original

·                The Provence, an elegant twist on the traditional Champagne cocktail with lavender syrup

·                The Sangria Flora, a traditional sangria with Elderflower

·                The herbal complexity of the Versailles, the Manhattan gone botanical

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Whether given as a gift or a valuable addition to one's own library, COCKTAIL CHAMELEON will unlock the mixologist in everyone. It is sure to become an instant ally for hosts looking to elevate an occasion, or to help unwind and end the day on a high note!

Addison’s entertaining and design expertise, along with his dynamic personal style, have made him a sought-after authority. He has shared his ideas on throwing parties, mixing signature cocktails, home décor, and cooking for guests in more than 100 television appearances on national and regional TV shows as well as a being a regular contributor to print and on-line publications.