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.
Tequila Tea
