Festive sparkling cocktails to toast new beginnings

These festive sparkling cocktails are perfect for New Year’s Eve.

It is time to toast new beginnings and these festive sparkling cocktails are perfect sip. While that bottle of bubbles can be delightful on its own, building flavors beyond the bubble can be quite enjoyable. From a robust flavor to a simple cocktail, these festive sparkling cocktails could become an annual tradition.

Here are a few festive sparkling cocktails to enjoy on any festive occasion.

Tanteo Sparkling Margarita

While just have another margarita when you can have a sparkling margarita? This sparkling cocktail has two options. For a lighter choice, choose club soda. Or, if you like more citrus flavor, consider a Fanta (but it will make the cocktail sweeter).

And, if you like a little kick with your margarita, consider a spicy salt garnish. A little smoky salt or even Tajin rim would be delightful.

Tanteo Sparkling Margarita

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Tanteo Blanco Tequila
• 1 oz. Sparkling Wine or Club Soda
• 3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
• 3/4 oz. Agave Nectar

Directions:

• Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice Stir well and strain into a chilled Coupe Glass Garnish with a lemon twist

CÎROC White Grape 75

Similar to other festive sparkling cocktails, this Ciroc cocktail is sparkling and sweet. The use of the bitters helps to balance the sweetness. Also, you can use a sparkling wine instead of a champagne. Just choose the sparkling wine wisely.

CÎROC White Grape 75

Ingredients

• 1.5 oz. CÎROC White Grape Vodka
• 4 oz. Champagne
• 1 Sugar cube (optional)
• 2 Dashes Peychaud or Angostura bitters

Preparation:

• Combine CÎROC White Grape Vodka, syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
• Shake vigorously and strain into an iced champagne glass.
• Top up with Champagne.
• Stir gently.

Scotch 75

While many people enjoy scotch neat, this option balanced the peaty notes with a touch of sweetness. If you are just learning to appreciate a fine scotch, this sparkling cocktail is a lovely introduction.

Scotch 75

Created by Mixologist Eric Ribeiro

Ingredients:

• 1.25 oz The Singleton of Glendullan 12 Year Old
• 0.5 oz Lemon Juice
• 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
• Sparkling Wine, to top

Preparation:

Add all ingredients except the sparkling wine into a shaker. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a flute glass then top up with the sparkling wine and garnish.

Truly NYE Sparkle

Who hasn’t had a few hard seltzers in the past year. This sparkling cocktail is as flavorful as it is colorful. Sometimes it is just necessarily to bring a little extra sparkle for a celebration.

Truly NYE Sparkle

Ingredients:

• 6 oz Truly Wild Berry
• 0.5 oz Cran-raspberry puree
• 2.5 oz Prosecco
• 1 tsp Diamond Luster Dust
• 2 Lemon peels
• 4 raspberries

Preparation:

• In a mixing glass add cran-raspberry syrup, luster dust, and prosecco. Then squeeze and drop in one lemon peel. Cover with ice and stir to chill. Strain into a wine glass. Then, add the Truly wild berry. Garnish with raspberries and lemon peel

**Cran-Raspberry syrup:

• Add 4 oz of raspberry puree to 6 oz of cranberry juice. Store in a sealable container, in the refrigerator for use.

The Sparkler

Sometime a festive cocktail needs to impress with elevated ingredients. If you are ready to put all those mixology skills to the test, this festive sparkling cocktail could set the New Year on an exciting path.

The Sparkler

Ingredients

• · 1 oz Santa Teresa 1796 rum
• · .25 oz Genepy le Chamois
• · .25 oz Mandarine Napoleon
• · 1 spoonful Banana Combier
• · .75 oz fresh lemon juice
• · Sparkling wine

Method:

• Shaken, served in a highball glass with a Collins ice sphere. Top drink with sparkling wine, and garnish with a single plantain chip and an edible orchid.

Malibu Fizz

Even if you aren’t sitting by a beach, you can feel like you’re at a tropical getaway with this festive sparkling cocktail. The Malibu has those tropical flavors that come through in each sip. A little tart and a touch sweet, this cocktail could inspire some hypothetical travel for the new year.

Malibu Fizz

Ingredients:

• 1 part Malibu Original
• 1 part Fresh lime juice
• 1 part Cranberry juice
• top up with Sparkling wine
• Edible glitter

Method :

• Wet the rim of a glass and dip it in edible glitter (optional).
• Pour Malibu, lime juice and cranberry juice.
• Top up with prosecco and enjoy!

Whether you enjoy one of these festive sparkling cocktails or create a special cocktail of your own, it is time to toast new beginnings. Doesn’t everyone deserve a happy new year?