Wine Cocktails

The Best Sugar Cookies

December 16, 2010

For many years I would spend days each holiday season making decorated sugar cookies. I started the tradition in my twenties with a girlfriend and we made hundreds of cookies that we rolled, cut out, decorated and gave to friends. I continued on with that tradition for many years when my kids where small and [...]

The Strawberry Muddle

Strawberry Muddle - sweetened sparkling wine with strawberries and lemon

June 10, 2009

This drink was featured in the July ’09 issue of Bon Appetit; my personal food bible! I had just received the magazine and was having friends over for a cocktail and luckily had the fruit on hand along with some sparkling wine I always use in place of Champagne when mixing for cocktails. The drink [...]

White Peach Sangria

May 3, 2009

I’ve often had Sangria made with red wine and not that it isn’t good, but just like I drink less red wine in the summer, I also find a white sangria more appealing in the summer too. A perfect drink for summer get barbecues it’s a luscious mix of peaches, oranges, apples, brandy and white [...]

Cranberry Mimosa

December 15, 2008

I love serving this variation on the standard Mimosa over the holidays. The addition of cranberry juice adds to creating a festive look and flavor and it’s perfect for brunch or with early appetizers.