New Year's 2009 - Welcome 2010!

It is that time of year again where we open the bubbly, wear a funny party hat and stay up until midnight. Happy New Year. Let us end 2009 with a bang and start 2010 on a good note. We have put together a few recipes to help you do just that.

Happy New Year! All the best in 2010 for you, your friends and family.

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New Year's Sparkler Cocktail Photo

New Year's Sparkler

Ingredients

6 Raspberries - (more)
3 1/2 oz. Champagne - (more)
1 1/2 oz. Pomegranate Juice - (more)
1 oz. Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit Vodka - (more)

Instructions

Combine SKYY Infusions Raspberry and cranberry juice in a chilled champagne flute and top with champagne. Garnish with raspberry tree.*

*Slide 5-6 raspberries onto long skewer and place vertically in champagne glass.

Infuse passion into the New Year with a flashy cocktail featuring SKYY Infusions Passion Fruit, fresh juice and raspberries. The New Year's Sparkler is an easy way to spice up your champagne flute this New Year's Eve.

Dubonnet Royale Cocktail Photo

Dubonnet Royale

Ingredients

2 dash(es) Angostura Bitters - (more)
2 dash(es) Curacao - (more)
1 oz. Dubonnet Rouge Aperitif Wine - (more)
1 dash(es) Pastis - (more)
1/2 oz. Gin - (more)

Instructions

Stir all the ingredients, except Pastis, with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with a dash of Pastis and garnish with a cherry.

Bitter Bubbles Cocktail Photo

Bitter Bubbles

Ingredients

1 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur - (more)
1/2 oz. Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit Vodka - (more)
1/4 oz. Campari - (more)
Champagne - (more)

Instructions

Top with Champagne, serve in a flute.

Pink Fusion Martini Photo

Pink Fusion

Ingredients

1 splash(es) Lemonade - (more)
1 oz. Skyy Infusions Citrus Vodka - (more)
1 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur - (more)
Champagne - (more)

Instructions

Top with Champagne, serve in martini glass with lemon twist.

Originally served at Carlucci Lombard, Chicago

Passion Punch Punch Photo

Passion Punch

Ingredients

2 part(s) X-Rated Fusion Liqueur - (more)
1 part(s) Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit Vodka - (more)
1/2 part(s) Passion Fruit Nectar - (more)
Champagne - (more)

Instructions

Top with Champagne, serve in a flute.

Moet Margarita Cocktail Photo

Moet Margarita

Ingredients

3 oz. Moet and Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne - (more)
1/2 oz. Tequila - (more)
1/4 oz. Grand Marnier - (more)
1/4 oz. Lime Juice - (more)
1/4 oz. Simple Syrup - (more)

Instructions

Shake all ingredients except for Moet in a shaker with ice and strain into a salt rimmed, chilled martini glass. Add moet and a lime wheel garnish.

Imperial Mango Cocktail Photo

Imperial Mango

Ingredients

3 oz. Moet and Chandon Nectar Imperial Champagne - (more)
1 splash(es) Grand Marnier - (more)
1 splash(es) Lime Juice - (more)
1 splash(es) Simple Syrup - (more)
1/2 oz. Mango Nectar - (more)

Instructions

Shake all ingredients except for Moet in a shaker with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add moet and garnish with a mango spear.

Moet Pomegranate Drop Cocktail Photo

Moet Pomegranate Drop

Ingredients

6 oz. Moet and Chandon Nectar Imperial Champagne - (more)
1 Sugar Cube - (more)
Pomegranate Juice - (more)

Instructions

Soak the sugar cube in pomegranate juice and drop into a chilled Champagne flute. Add Moet and garnish with an orange twist.

Imperial Berry Cocktail Photo

Imperial Berry

Ingredients

3 oz. Moet and Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne - (more)
1 splash(es) Grand Marnier - (more)
1 oz. Raspberry Jam (or puree) - (more)

Instructions

Stir ingredients with 2 oz. of Moet in a mixing glass. Strain into a chilled rocks glass. Add remaining Moet and garnish with a raspberry and a mint leaf.