5 Delicous Champagne Cocktails

True champagne comes from an appellation d'origine contrôlée (a controlled designation of origin) in France and is made out of pinot noir and chardonnay grapes. Wines produced outside this Champagne region may be made out of the same type of grapes but are called Methode Champenoise.

There are five different styles of champagne. A little bit of sweetness is added to a brut champagne to remove the dryness. Extra sec signifies a dry champagne while a sec is a medium-sweet champagne and demi-sec is a sweet champagne. A rosé champagne consists of a Champagne region red wine blended with a white wine.

Champagne is perfect to celebrate the ringing in the New Year, wedding, and special occasions. When you use it to mix a cocktail, it then befits any occasion.

Ingredients:

2 ounces fresh orange juice

2 dashes Grand Marnier

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Directions:

Pour orange juice into a champagne flute. Add Grand Marnier then top the glass off with champagne. Stir and serve with brunch.

Fun Fact: Named after a tropical flowering shrub, the mimosa was invented at the Ritz Hotel in Paris in 1925.

Ingredients:

2/3 ounces raspberry liqueur

5 fresh strawberries, cut in half

2/3 ounces heavy cream

2/3 ounces white rum

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Directions:

In a blender, blend the strawberries and raspberry liqueur then refrigerate for approximately four hours. Fill one fourth of a champagne flute with the berry mixture. Pour champagne into the flute so it's three fourths of the way full and stir. In a mixing glass, combine the heavy cream, and rum. Float the cream mixture on top of the champagne. Garnish with a strawberry and a sprig of mint.

Fun Fact: The strawberries and cream served during the Wimbledon tennis season inspired the creation of this cocktail.

Ingredients:

1 ounce vodka

4 seedless white grapes

1 barspoon clear honey

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Directions:

In a shaker, muddle (crush) the grapes. Pour in vodka and add honey. Shake and strain into a flute. Top with champagne and stir. Garnish with a twist of lemon.

Fun Fact: La Dolce Vita translates into "the good life."

Ingredients:

2/3 ounces gin

2/3 ounces fresh lemon juice

dash of gomme syrup

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Directions:

Pour the gin, lemon juice, and gomme syrup into a shaker and shake. Strain the mixture into a flute. Top off with champagne. Stir and serve.

Fun Fact: Originally called 75 Cocktail, the French 75 was invented by Henry of Henry's Bar in Paris. He created the drink to celebrate the fire power of the famous French 75 light filed gun used in World War I.

Ingredients:

2/3 ounce Aperol

1/3 ounce cherry liqueur

2/3 ounce fresh orange juice

1/2 ounce cognac

1/2 ounce heavy cream

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Directions:

In a shaker add Aperol, cherry liqueur, orange juice and ice in a shaker. Shake then strain into a flute. Pour in champagne so the flute is three fourths full and stir. Pour the cognac and heavy cream into the shaker. Shake and strain into a small pitcher. Float the cognac mixture on top of the champagne mixture. Garnish with a sprig of red currants and holly leaf.

Fun Fact: This drink was invented for Santa in case he got tired of drinking glass and glass of milk on Christmas Eve.