Sparkling Black Cherry Grape Spritzer Recipes

NEGRONI SPRITZER

Steps:

• Add first 4 ingredients to a rocks glass. Fill glass with ice, squeeze and drop orange wedge in glass and top with club soda. Stir gently and garnish with lemon twist.

BLACK CHERRY VODKA WITH SMOKED ICE CUBES

Steps:

• Fill an ice cube tray with water; add 1 drop liquid smoke to each cube and freeze until firm. Combine 2 cups chilled black cherry soda, 1/2 cup chilled vodka, the juice of 2 limes and a few dashes of chipotle hot sauce in a pitcher. Fill 4 glasses with the smoked ice cubes; pour in the cocktail and garnish with lime twists.

SPARKLING CHERRY JUICE

Steps:

• Place the cherries in a saucepan off the stove, pour the sugar over the top and let them sit for 2 hours. Add the water, and stir to mix the cherries, sugar and water together until the sugar dissolves.
• Bring the cherry mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain liquid into another pan, pressing cherries with a spoon to extract all the liquid, and discard the cherries. Simmer the liquid over low heat until it is syrupy and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and let cool. Pour syrup in a jar and store in the refrigerator.
• To serve, place 1 to 2 tablespoons of syrup in each glass, fill glasses with chilled sparkling water and stir to mix.

QUICK GRAPE SPRITZER

Steps:

• Put half of the red grapes and half of the white grapes in the freezer, for garnish. Put the remaining grapes in a large bowl and "smash" them with a whisk (or fingers).
• Add the smashed grape to a large pitcher and pour in the grape juice and honey. Stir in about 16 ounces of vodka. Fill glasses about 1/2 full with the grape juice mixture and top with a splash of seltzer. Drop and few frozen grapes into each glass for a festive garnish that doubles as an ice cube!