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A drink made with champagne or sparkling wine, either as the base ingredient (as in a Champagne Cocktail or a Buck’s Fizz), or splashed atop another drink, typically a sour such as in an Old Cuban, an Air Mail or a French 75, but also applicable to some Spirit-Forward Cocktails as with a Seelbach or an Ancestral-style such as a Morning Glory Royale. For fun, try tapping a half-ounce or so of brut Champagne into a Manhattan sometime—really, it’s delicious, dangerously so.
Category Description by Paul Clarke, Serious Eats
Champagne Cocktails
Lady in Red
We vote Yea! for this smoky sipper.
Champagne Cocktail
Always keep Champagne in the fridge for special occasions.
Twinkle
A simple tasty celebration