New Year's Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail
A pomegranate Champagne cocktail brings color to a New Year's toast without making you run a shaker at midnight. Chill everything first and pour the sparkling wine last. Any dry sparkling wine works; use Champagne if you want Champagne specifically.
Ingredients
- 1 oz chilled pomegranate juice
- 1/4 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 oz simple syrup, optional
- 4 oz chilled dry Champagne or other sparkling wine
- Lemon twist or a teaspoon of pomegranate arils for garnish
How to make it
- Put the pomegranate and lemon juices in a chilled flute or coupe. Taste and add syrup if your juice is especially tart.
- Slowly add sparkling wine; pause if the foam rises. Stir very gently once.
- Add a lemon twist or a few pomegranate arils and serve immediately.
For a party, combine the juices in advance and refrigerate, then measure about 1 1/4 oz into each glass. Pour the sparkling wine as guests pick up their drinks. For a zero-proof toast, choose nonalcoholic sparkling wine or chilled sparkling water instead. If you prefer citrus, try Prosecco and orange juice.
New Year's Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail
A ruby pomegranate sparkling wine cocktail for a New Year toast.
Yield: 1 cocktail · Total time: 10 min
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add pomegranate and lemon juices to a chilled flute; sweeten to taste.
- Slowly top with sparkling wine, pausing for the foam to settle.
- Stir gently once and garnish with lemon or pomegranate.
Notes
Prepare one serving at a time. Add sparkling ingredients only when ready to serve.
