Champagne cocktails for New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve cocktails

Pop the bubbly

Champagne is a given on New Year's Eve, but what's even better is something a little stronger. Shake up one of these Champagne cocktails for a night you might not remember.

No matter what your New Year's celebration has in store, it should contain one of these festive Champagne cocktails. Ring in 2013 with a stunning sparkler in hand, and you'll be starting the year off right.

Perrier-Jouet fraise sauvage

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut
• 1-1/4 parts Absolut Vodka
• 3/4 part fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 1/4 part simple syrup
• 1 whole strawberry

Directions:

1. In the bottom of a mixing glass muddle the strawberry into a puree. Add all ingredients except Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut. Add ice, cover and shake vigorously for 7-8 seconds.
2. Pour Perrier Jouet Grand Brut into a chilled cocktail-martini glass and pour the cocktail over it. Garnish with half a strawberry.

Perrier-Jouet West Side

Ingredients:

• 2 parts Perrier Jouet Grand Brut
• 1-1/2 parts Absolut Citron Vodka
• 1 part fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 1/2 part simple syrup
• 1 finger pinch fresh mint

Directions:

1. Shake all ingredients, except Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut, over ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Pour Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut into a Champagne flute and pour the cocktail over it.

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