New Year’s Eve Wine Cocktails

Did you know that ONEHOPE’s  portfolio of sparkling wine spans all the way from California to Italy? You haven’t lived until you’ve tried them all!

New Year’s Eve is the holiday for bubbles, and we have a line up of fun and festive sparkling wine cocktails that need to be at your home bar this year. These quick and easy concoctions are the perfect festive treats to ring in the new year with your loved ones.

Napa Nog

Serves: 2
Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients:

• 4 scoops vanilla bean gelato
• 1 pinch each of cinnamon and nutmeg (plus a tad more for garnish)
• 2 shots Kahlúa Coffee Liqueur
• 1 cup ONEHOPE Sparkling Almond 

Instructions:

1. Combine gelato, cinnamon, nutmeg, Kahlúa, and Sparkling Almond in a blender and blend for 20 seconds, until smooth & creamy.
2. Pour into sparkling coupes, and garnish with another sprinkle of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Blackberry Lime Spritzer

Serves: 1
Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients:

• 8 blackberries, separated
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ONEHOPE Vintner Sparkling Brut
• Mint leaves

Instructions:

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle together 5 blackberries, lime juice, and sugar. Pour through a fine mesh strainer into a serving glass.
2. Add crushed ice and top off with sparkling brut. Garnish with mint leaves and the remaining 3 blackberries.

Apple Bourbon Mimosa

Serves: 2
Time: 10 Minutes

Cocktail Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons bourbon
• ⅓ cup apple cider, separated 
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups ONEHOPE California Brut Sparkling Wine Silver Shimmer Etched Edition
• 2 apple slices, for garnish

Cinnamon Sugar Rim Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• ⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons apple cider

Instructions:

1. Combine bourbon, ¼ cup apple cider and brown sugar in a cup and whisk until combined and sugar is dissolved. 
2. Cinnamon Sugar Rim: Mix together the brown sugar & cinnamon on a small plate. Pour the remaining 1 ½ tablespoons apple cider onto a separate small plate. Dip just the rim of each glass in apple cider, and then gently in the cinnamon sugar mixture, just so there is a thin, light coating on the top of the glass.
3. Pour ½ of the mixture into each sparkling flute (1 shot / 4.5 cl.), and fill the rest of the flute with the Sparkling Brut (about ¾ cup in each flute). Garnish with a slice of apple in each glass.

Elderflower Fizz

Serves: 1
Time: 10 Minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 shot elderflower liqueur 
• 1 cup crushed ice
• ONEHOPE Iconic Napa Valley Sparkling Brut
• 1 lemon rind shaving

Instructions:

1. Combine lemon juice and elderflower liqueur in a coupe glass, add ice, and top with Sparkling Brut. 
2. Garnish with lemon rind shaving. 

Dan Footnote: Use a vegetable peeler to get a nice thin lemon rind shaving.

Happy New Year and happy sipping!