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Red carpetini

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 3 ounces Voli light vodka
• 2 ounces PAMA liqueur
• 2 ounces pomegranate juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• Ice

Directions: 

1. Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain the cocktail into chilled martini glasses and garnish with fresh lemon slices or peels.

French 75

Recipe adapted from Brooks Brothers

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces dry gin (we used Aviation)
• 4 ounces Champagne (we used Laurent-Perrier)
• 1 ounce St. Germain
• 1 ounce simple syrup
• 2 ounces fresh lemon juice

Directions: 

1. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add gin, St. Germain, simple syrup and the lemon juice. Shake to mix. Fill two Champagne glasses halfway with the mix. Add two ounces of Champagne to the top of the flutes and garnish with fresh lemon peels.

Southern sangria

Recipe and photo provided by VOGA Italia Wines

Serves about 4

Ingredients:

• 2 Bottles of VOGA moscato
• 1 cup peach-flavored brandy
• 2 sliced apricots
• 2 sliced peaches
• 1 sliced orange
• 1 sliced Granny Smith apple
• ½ cup raspberries, strawberries or blueberries

Directions: 

1. Pour the moscato and brandy in a large pitcher and add the sliced peach, apricot, apple, orange, and raspberries. Refrigerate the mixture for at least one to two hours before serving.

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