Spice Up Your Wine with these 5 Wine Cocktails
Whether you’re just getting into wine and don’t know where to start, or you just want to find new ways to spice up your wine, we’ve got some fun wine cocktails for you! Stock up on some wine and start trying new things!
White wine mojito
Ingredients:
1 bottle of Yellow Tail Pure Bright Pinot Grigio, chilled
2 c sparkling lemonade
3 limes
1 c fresh mint
Sugar to taste
Instructions:
Mix wine and sparkling lemonade in a large pitcher.
Juice 2 limes in the pitcher and set one aside for garnish.
Mince ¾ c mint and add to pitcher
Add sugar to taste if needed.
Mix well.
Garnish with remaining lime, sliced, and remaining mint.
Tip: clap mint between hands before garnishing to help release aromas and flavor.
Wine Spritzer
Ingredients:
3 oz Yellow Tail Pure Bright Sauvignon Blanc
1 oz club soda
Dash of orange or lemon bitters
Orange or lemon twist
Instructions:
Pour wine into wine glass over ice.
Top with club soda and bitters.
Garnish with orange or lemon twist.
Zin Sour
Ingredients:
2 oz Crown Royal whisky
1 oz lemon juice
¾ oz maple syrup
1 egg white
1 tsp blueberry jam
1 oz zinfandel
Instructions:
Add all ingredients except wine to a shaker and shake vigorously.
Fill with ice and shake again.
Strain into a wine glass or cocktail glass.
Float wine on top using a spoon.
How to float wine: hold a spoon upside down over your drink (a bar spoon is recommended). Slowly pour wine over the back of the spoon on top of the drink. Move the spoon up as the glass fills.
Kalimotxo
Ingredients:
3 oz Robert Hall cabernet
3 oz cola
1 squeeze lemon or lime
Lemon or lime to garnish
Instructions:
Add all ingredients to a wine glass or rocks glass over ice.
Squeeze lemon or lime on top and garnish.
Winearita
Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Olmeca Altos Silver Tequila
1 oz lime juice
¾ oz simple syrup
½ oz – 1 oz red wine
Lime slice to garnish
Instructions:
Add tequila, lime juice, and syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled.
Strain into a cocktail glass.
Float red wine over the glass.
Garnish with lime.
How to float wine: hold a spoon upside down over your drink (a bar spoon is recommended). Slowly pour wine over the back of the spoon on top of the drink. Move the spoon up as the glass fills.
Cheers!
