Holiday Calorie-Conscious Wine Cocktails!
- Dec 22, 2017
Heading into the holiday season means an abundance of festive parties are in your near future. With the schmoozing and socializing of your work holiday party, a friend's holiday party, your aunt's holiday party, etc. most of us have a busy December ahead. Although these holiday parties are a great way to catch up with your colleagues or the special people in your life, we know what comes with these festivities - drinking. The indulgence of sipping on rum and eggnog or mulled wine is certainly something to look forward to every year, but at the same time, those fun and festive cocktails quickly add up. This year we wanted to bring you four delicious specialty wine cocktails that will please your guests or your host, and won't hurt the waistline... too much - this is the holiday season after all. We may be cutting out some calories, but we're keeping all the flavour and festive flare.
Cocktail 1: Grapefruit Basil Martini
2 basil leaves
1 ounce grapefruit juice
1 ounce sugar-free sweetener syrup
1 3/4 ounces gin
One ounce of Riondo Prosecco
In a shaker, muddle basil and syrup. Add syrup and gin and shake hard with ice for 20 seconds. Strain ingredients into a martini glass and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Cocktail 2: Mimosa
2 ounces Minute Maid Light Orange Tangerine Juice
4 ounces Monte Rosso Brut Sparkling
Juice of 1/2 medium-size orange, or 1 to 2 ounces
Add several ice cubes to a tall glass. Squeeze the juice of the orange into the glass. Pour in orange tangerine juice, followed by champagne. Stir. Garnish with fresh orange rinds, curled.
Cocktail 3: Blueberry Lemon Breeze
10 blueberries
3/4 ounce light agave nectar, available at Whole Foods or other natural foods stores
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce of Veuve D'argent Brut Sparkling
In a shaker, muddle together blueberries and agave. Add the gin and lemon juice, then shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain contents of shaker into a martini glass and then top with champagne. Garnish with 3 blueberries on a cocktail stick.
Cocktail 4: Pinot Grigio Melon Ball Spritzer
3 ounces of Il Pardino Pinot Grigio
1 ounce of Sparkling water
Frozen balls of watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew melon
Dash of aromatic lemon bitters
Slice of lemon
Sprig of mint
Scoop out pieces of watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew lemon with the melon baller. Freeze them on a baking tray until solid. In a tall, slender glass, add 3 ounces of pinot grigio white wine. It has the fruity flavor of grapefruit and pineapple and a lively finish. Add one ounce of sparkling water Add a dash of aromatic lemon bitters Throw in a few colorful frozen balls of watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew lemon. Add a slice of lemon and a sprig of mint as garnish. Serve and enjoy.
If you create one (or all) of these delicious and festive cocktails this holiday season, we would love to see them! Tag us on instagram or twitter @ewineBC or on Facebook @EverythingWineInc! Happy Holidays!
Wine cocktail recipe Credit:
Fitness Magazine
Cosmopolitan