Golden Orchard Sparkler

This delightful cocktail, the Golden Orchard Sparkler, is a refreshing white sangria made with a blend of white grape juice, orange liqueur, honey, and sparkling white wine. Mixed with nectarine, orange, cherries, raspberries, basil, and mint, it's a perfect tipsy fruit salad to enjoy on a sunny day.

Golden Orchard Sparkler

A refreshing white sangria with white grape juice, orange liqueur, honey, and sparkling white wine, mixed with nectarine, orange, cherries, raspberries, basil, and mint.

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Ingredients

  • 3/8 cup white grape juice, chilled
  • 1/16 cup orange liqueur, such as Cointreau
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon superfine or granulated sugar
  • 3/4 tablespoon honey
  • 1/8 medium nectarine, pitted and chopped
  • 1/4 navel orange, quartered and thinly sliced
  • 3 tablespoons fresh or frozen sweet cherries, pitted and halved, or canned mandarin orange sections, drained
  • 3 tablespoons fresh golden or red raspberries
  • 1/8 cup fresh basil leaves
  • 1/8 cup fresh mint leaves
  • 6 1/4 oz. bottle sparkling white wine, chilled
  • Ice

Instructions

  1. In a large pitcher or glass jar, mix together grape juice, orange liqueur, sugar, and honey until the sugar and honey dissolve.
  2. Add nectarine, orange, cherries, raspberries, basil, and mint to the mixture, and stir well.
  3. Chill the mixture for 1 hour or up to 24 hours, stirring occasionally.
  4. Just before serving, pour sparkling wine into the fruit mixture.
  5. Serve in a glass over ice.