Summer Cocktails From Sparkling Ice and Santa Margherita Wines

Are you looking for some fresh summer cocktails to spice up your menu? Just in time for your next get-together, cookout or girls’ night, here are some fabulous recipes courtesy of Sparkling Ice and Santa Margherita Wines. Mix one up tonight to embrace the changing season or to try these vendors for the first time. Whatever your reason is, you won’t be disappointed with these delicious, fruity cocktails.

Peachy Keen Cocktail

Ingredients:

Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore
3 fresh peaches, pitted and halved
½ fresh ginger, chopped
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 cups crushed ice

Directions: Place peaches, sugar, lime juice, ginger and Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore in blender. Blend at medium speed until smooth. Add ice to the blender and process. Serve and enjoy.

Peachy Keen Cocktail

Spiked Strawberry Slushie

Ingredients:

Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore

3 cups strawberries

¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

1 sprig of fresh mint

Ice cubes

1 tablespoon sugar

Directions: Stir lemon juice and ½ Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore together, set aside. Combine ice cubes, mint, sugar and strawberries in blender, blend on high until smooth. Pour in lemon and Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore mixture and blend on medium until smooth. Distribute mixture and top each glass with remaining Prosecco. Garnish with a strawberry.

Spiked Strawberry Slushie

French 75

Ingredients:

Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore

1 fl. oz gin

¼ freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 teaspoons sugar

Lemon Spiral (garnish)

Directions: Fill cocktail shaker with ice, gin, lemon juice and sugar. Pour into champagne flute. Top with Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore. Stir and garnish with lemon spiral.

French 75

Faulty Lemonade

Ingredients:

Sparkling Ice Lemonade

2 fl. Oz. Vodka

Muddled Basil leaves

Directions: Shake and pour over ice into Highball glass. Top with Sparkling Ice Lemonade. Garnish with Basil leaf.

Faulty Lemonade

Grapefruit Gin

Ingredients:

Sparkling Ice Grapefruit

3 fl. Oz. Gin

Small scoop Grapefruit sorbet

Squeeze of lime juice

Teaspoon simple syrup

Directions: Mix all ingredients in rocks glass with Kosher salted rim.

Grapefruit Gin

Tequila Tea

Ingredients:

Sparkling Ice Raspberry Iced Tea

1 fl. Oz. Tequila Blanco

1 fl. Oz. Mescal

2 fl. Oz. Coconut water

3 drops Mole Essence

Directions: Freeze cubes of the Sparkling Ice Raspberry Iced Tea and blend with other ingredients for frozen delight. Pour into margarita glass and garnish with single mint leaf.