Sparkling Summer Cocktail: Cognac Fizz

Ladies: here’s a great summer cocktail from my buddy Glen Tuttle at Total Wine here in Las Vegas.
Cognac Fizz
1 oz Cognac or good brandy
1/2 oz Cointreau or premium orange liqueur like Drillaud
1 oz lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Champagne or good sparkling wine
Ice
Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add Cognac, lemon juice, and orange liqueur. Shake briskly and [...]

Classic Champagne Cocktail

If you’ve never had one, you will be pleasantly surprised. Not only is a champagne cocktail pretty, it’s like drinking super-charged bubbly!
1 sugar cube soaked in Angostura bitters
1/2 ox Cognac
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
4-6 oz chilled champagne
First put the soaked sugar cube in the bottom of the glass and then pour in the cognac and Grand [...]

Champagne 101

Ladies, the holidays are coming and there will be a lot of champagne drinking going on in Sin City and most other places for that matter. In all my years of dining and drinking, I’ve found that most ladies DO drink champagne from time to time. They mostly want to drink it if it’s an [...]

Pumpkin Pie Martini

1 oz vanilla vodka
1/2 oz Goldschlager cinnamon schnapps
1/2 oz Bailey’s Irish Cream
1 oz pumpkin puree
Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass with graham cracker crumb rim.
By Armando Rosario from The Robb Report Host’s Guide

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Cozy Pomegranate Cider

This heart warming drink is by Bridget Albert featured in the Robb Report:
2 cups apple cider
1 cup red wine
1/2 cup pomegranate juice
2 cinnamon sticks
peel of one orange
10-15 whole cloves used to pierce orange peel
6 oz Grand Marnier
cinnamon sugar for mug rims
Combine cider, wine, juice, cinnamon, and clove pierced orange peel in a pot and heat [...]

Harvey Wallbanger

I served many of these when I was a cocktail waitress at the Top of the Flame in Detroit. Back in the 70’s this drink was all the rage. Recipe serves 4:
1 6oz can frozen orange juice
4 oz vodka
2 oz Galliano
Dilute orange juice as directed and mix with the other ingredients. Serve over ice in [...]

Vintage Claridge Cocktail

1/3 Dry Gin
1/3 French Vermouth
1/6 Apricot Brandy
1/6 Cointreau
Shake well with ice
Strain into cocktail glass

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Vintage Champs Elysees Cocktail

This recipe makes 2 cocktails:
3 shots Cognac
1 shot Chartreuse
1 & 1/2 shot sweetened lemon juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
Shake well with ice and strain into cocktail glasses

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Vintage Casino Cocktail

2 dashes Maraschino juice
2 dashes orange bitters
2 dashes lemon juice
2 oz quality gin
Stir well with ice and serve in cocktail glass with cherry.

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Girl’s Night Out Martini

Ladies, this sumptuous martini recipe is courtesy of Terri TheMartiniDiva–our new Twitter friend. A cocktail like this one will assure a successful night out with the girls! Check The Martini Diva’s sites for more recipes and some really neat cocktailly (new word) artwork: www.themartinidiva.com or www.popartdiva.com. By the way, all of Terri’s recipes are available [...]

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