Wine cocktail
A wine cocktail is a mixed drink, similar to a true cocktail. It is made predominantly with wine (including Champagne and Prosecco), into which distilled alcohol or other drink mixer is combined. A spritz is a drink that has Prosecco added to it.
The distinction between a wine cocktail and a cocktail with wine is the relative amounts of the various alcohols. In a wine cocktail, the wine product is the primary alcohol by volume compared to the distilled alcohol or mixer.
List of wine cocktails[edit]
Wine variation cocktails[edit]
The following drinks are not technically cocktails unless wine is secondary by volume to a distilled beverage, since wine is a fermented beverage not a distilled one.
- Agua de Valencia
- Black Velvet
- Death in the Afternoon
- Flirtini
- Prince of Wales
- Sangria
- Mulled wine (Glögg)
- Wine cooler
- One-Balled Dictator — 5 parts German Liebfraumilch, 1 part French Champagne, briefly but violently shaken, then poured into a rocks glass containing one candy cinnamon ball. This produces a very white drink, to which much symbolism was applied by British WWII veterans as related in the lyrics of a crude song "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball"
Sparkling wine cocktails[edit]
Champagne cocktails[edit]
Red wine cocktails[edit]
- Kalimotxo or Calimocho or Rioja Libre
- Tinto de Verano
- Zurracapote
Port cocktails[edit]
White wine cocktails[edit]
- Kir
- Spritzer
- Rocky Mountain Railway — 1 part tomato juice, 1 part lemon soft drink, 1 part white wine
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- "Champagne Cocktail Recipes" – over 70 recipes including photos and descriptions.