Love Wine? You’ll Freak Over These Cocktails

Love wine? Don’t limit yourself to pouring straight from the bottle—experts swear you can make yummy cocktails using wine. We love these tasty recipes.

Red Hot Summer
¾ c. red wine
¼ c. lemon-lime soda
Ice
Garnish: lime wheel

Combine all ingredients in a glass filled with ice. Stir and garnish with a lime wheel.

Apple & Pink Julep
10 mint leaves
4 oz. Croft Pink Port
1 oz. apple juice
Garnish: mint sprig

Muddle mint leaves and apple juice in a cocktail shake. Add wine and ice. Shake and strain into a glass. Garnish with a mint sprig.

San Francisco Sangaree
4 cherries
¼ oz. simple syrup
1½ oz. merlot
1 oz. bourbon
1 lemon slice

To make simple syrup, mix equal parts hot water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Muddle cherries in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, simple syrup, wine, bourbon, and lemon slice. Shake and strain into a glass.

Cherry Jam
1 spoon cherry jam
1/3 oz. lemon juice
1/3 oz. vodka
3 oz. Chandon Brut Classic

Combine all ingredients except brut in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a glass. Top with brut.

Red Splash
1½ oz. Camarena Tequila Silver
1½ oz. pinot noir
½ oz. lime juice
½ oz. agave nectar
2 oz. grapefruit soda
Garnish: lime wedge

Combine all ingredients except soda in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a glass. Top with soda. Garnish with a lime wedge.