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Sparkling wine cocktails

Sparkling wine cocktails are built around effervescence and occasion as much as flavour — champagne or prosecco stretched with a small amount of liqueur, syrup or spirit so the bubbles stay the main event. They're lower-alcohol by volume than most other categories here and lean toward celebration drinking rather than everyday sipping, which shapes a shorter but purposeful recipe list.

Where to start with sparkling wine

  1. the one it is known for

    Hugo Spritz

    The spritz the category is built around, and the drink most others here are compared against.

  2. the easiest to get right

    Chambord Royale

    2 ingredients, built, and about 2 minutes — very little to go wrong.

  3. where it goes next

    Mimosa

    A sparkling wine cocktail rather than a spritz — fruity and refreshing, and a different side of the same bottle.

A pale, fizzy Hugo Spritz in a large wine glass with mint and a lime wedge

Hugo Spritz

Prosecco, elderflower cordial, soda and fresh mint over ice — a paler, more floral cousin of the Aperol Spritz.

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A punch bowl of Champagne Punch with an ice ring, alongside a filled champagne flutePhoto by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels

Champagne Punch

Cognac, orange curaçao and lemon lengthened with sparkling wine — a 19th-century punch-bowl classic for celebrations.

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A pale peach-pink Bellini in a champagne flutePhoto by Sabel Blanco on Pexels

Bellini

Prosecco and white peach purée, folded together in a flute — pale, fizzy and delicately fruity.

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A Mimosa in a champagne flute, pale orange and fizzingPhoto by JÉSHOOTS on Pexels

Mimosa

Sparkling wine and fresh orange juice, half and half — brunch's simplest cocktail.

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Kir Royale

Champagne poured over a splash of crème de cassis — the celebratory, sparkling big sister of the Kir.

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A Negroni Sbagliato in a rocks glass, fizzing gently, with an orange slice

Negroni Sbagliato

Equal parts Campari, sweet vermouth and sparkling wine — the 'mistaken' Negroni with the gin swapped for bubbles.

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Chambord Royale

Champagne poured over a splash of Chambord raspberry liqueur — a jewel-toned, celebratory sibling of the Kir Royale.

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