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Although wine affectionados shudder at the thought of wine cocktails they have been around since the 1800s. The trick to a really good wine cocktail is to know and understand what each individual wine brings to the table so that you can pair it with the right complimentary flavor.

Champagne cocktails were extremely popular during the 1920s (although their inception was during the 1800s), the most popular of them was The Champagne Cocktail.

The Champagne Cocktail

1 sugar cube
2-3 dashes angostura bitters
champagne

Place the cube in the bottom of a champagne flute and add the bitters, then top up the glass with the champagne slowly.

Another champagne cocktail that was popular then was the Kir Royale which is simply champagne with a splash of crme de cassis added.

The most popular champagne cocktail today would have to be the Bucks Fizz or Mimosa (depending on where in the world you are). Half champagne and half orange juice served in champagne flutes, this cocktail is a basic at champagne breakfast celebrations. It is also a staple at Mothers Day brunches around the world.

For a different champagne cocktail you could combine the glitz and glamour of the 1920s with the modern and sophisticated James Bond and you would have the Bubbly Martini or you could pay homage to the Kir Royale of old with the Martini Royale.

Bubbly Martini

2 shots vodka
champagne

Take a chilled cocktail glass and place a strawberry in the bottom next add vodka. Now top up with champagne and you have a Bubbly Martini.

Martini Royale

1 shots vodka
shot crme de cassis
champagne

Place the vodka and crme de cassis in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Pour into a cocktail glass, top up with chilled champagne and garnish with a blackberry.

If you prefer raspberry flavors to blackberry then you could try the Floof.

Floof

2 shots raspberry vodka
1 shot raspberry liqueur
champagne

Shake the vodka and raspberry liqueur together with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Top the glass up with champagne and garnish with a raspberry.

The most important thing to remember when making champagne or wine cocktails is that all of the ingredients, as well as the glasses, should be chilled.

Wine adds sweetness and fruit to any cocktail, it already has so many nuances to it that adding it to a cocktail should make your taste buds sing. Recognizing a wine's signature and paying homage to it is what sets a good cocktail apart from a drink that you wouldn't offer your worst enemy.

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