We agree that wine is a drink best enjoyed with friends. Still, in times like these, nothing’s more important than staying safe. That said, you don’t need to stay bored in isolation.
Make wine an even grander experience by mixing cocktails from your favorite reds. They’re cooling, Instagram-worthy, and can be more fun than wine alone.
Here are the best five wine cocktails for home quarantine with their complete recipe:
Kalimotxo
A wild mix of red wine and cola from the 1970s, Kalimotxo quenches the thirst like no other. This refreshing wine cocktail is best prepared with Spanish reds.
Kalimotxo Ingredients
- Red Wine: 350 ml
- Coca Cola: 350 ml
- Ice: As per choice
Kalimotxo Preparation
- Mix red wine and coca-cola in a glass
- Add a few ice cubes to the glass
- Pour the mix of red wine and cola over the ice
- Enjoy with cheese or salami
Bishop Cocktail
Popular as the ecclesiastic drink from the 1930s, this is an early-summer cocktail that always makes you crave more. The sangria-like taste of this cocktail is easily customizable with your choice of distilled spirits but typically uses rum.
Bishop Cocktail Ingredients
- Red Wine: 100 ml
- Rum: 300 ml
- Lime Juice/ Lime Wedge: 1 tsp
- Syrup: As per choice
Bishop Cocktail Preparation
- Pour red wine and rum in a tumbler
- Add lime juice and syrup of choice
- Stir well
- Add a few cubes of ice to the wine glass
- Pour your cocktail over the ice and serve cold
Cardinal Cocktail
Do you know what a Kir cocktail is? It’s a French cocktail made with blackcurrant liqueur. When you replace white wine in a Kir cocktail with a light Pinot Noir or any red, you get a Cardinal. It’s made with 9 parts of red wine with one-part crème de cassis and served without ice. You can also add blackcurrant around the wine glass for aesthetics.
Cardinal Cocktail Ingredients
- Red Wine: 150 ml
- Crème de Cassis: 30 ml
Cardinal Cocktail Preparation
- Take a wine glass
- Pour the pinot noir and crème de cassis into the glass
- Stir it well
- Enjoy before dinner
San Francisco Sangaree
A bold cocktail to spruce up your evenings and mornings of self-isolation, the San Francisco Sangaree is best prepared with merlot. While it might look complex, this wine cocktail is effortless to brew on a hot evening.
San Francisco Sangaree Ingredients
- Merlot: 45 ml
- Bourbon: 30 ml
- Hot Water: 20 ml
- Sugar: 1 tsp
- Cherries: 3 to 4
- Lemon Wheel: 1
San Francisco Sangaree Preparation
- Add the sugar into the hot water and mix well
- Mix the cherries and mash them well
- Pour into a shaker
- Fill the Merlot and Bourbon in the shaker
- Shake well
- Add three cubes of ice
- Place the lemon wheel on the glass and serve
New York Sour
Among our favorite wine cocktails is the New York Sour, a magical drink where the red wine floats over a bed of bourbon, ice, and syrup. A pre-prohibition favorite, it’s fancy to look at and you can add an egg to this cocktail if you’re feeling adventurous in isolation.
New York Sour Ingredients
- Red Wine: 30 ml
- Bourbon: 120 ml
- Syrup: 44ml
- Lemon Juice: 60 ml
New York Sour Preparation
- Add Bourbon, syrup and lemon juice into a shaker
- Drop 3 to 4 ice cubes into the wine glass
- Pour the mixture into the glass
- Carefully pour the red wine over the back of the spoon to let it float
- Don’t stir
- Enjoy with fried snacks in the evening
Conclusion
Wine lovers and sommeliers often keep a secret stash of wines for rainy days, and now is no exception. If you don’t feel like a certain wine is agreeing with you, go crazy and mix a wine cocktail.
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