Cocktail concoctions for a tipsy winter

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) From wintery matcha, cherry punch to cinnamon affair, there are many different cocktails that you can try to warm up this winter, say experts.

Karan Vasani, Chief Winemaker at Sula Vineyards, and experts at Hennessy list some cocktail recipes to try out this winter:

• Mulled Wine

  Ingredients

  Shiraz wine - 3 glasses
  Star anise - 3
  Cloves - 5
  Orange peel
  Cinnamon flavoured sugar syrup

  Method -- Boil the above ingredients till the wine reduces to half. Add 60 ml Janus wine and serve warm garnished with a vanilla pod.

• Wintery matcha

  Ingredients

  Green tea - 1 tea bag
  Green apple syrup - 10 ml
  Ginger - 15 gm juiced
  Lime juice - 30 ml
  Sula Seco

  Method - Brew the green tea as per packet instructions. Let it cool. Fill one-third of sparkling wine glass with green tea. Add the green apple syrup, ginger and lime juice. Top it off with Sula Seco. Serve with a thin slice of green apple.

• Cherry punch

  Ingredients

  Cherry puree -60 ml
  Ginger - 100 gm
  Water -150 ml
  Riesling wine - 3 glasses

  Method - Muddle the ginger and cherry puree together. Add water and bring it to a boil. Boil it till it reduces to half. Top it off with the Riesling wine. Serve cool garnished with a cherry.

• Magic Spritzer

  Ingredients

  Ginger - 50 gm
  Eclipse - 60 ml
  Zinfandel red wine - 2 glasses
  Martini rosso - 60 ml

  Method - Grate the ginger and juice it. Stir all the ingredients together. Serve at room temperature in a wine glass garnished with orange peel

• Cinnamon affair

  Ingredients

  Green tea - 1 tea bag
  Cinnamon - 2 stick
  Lemon juice - 15 ml
  Janus wine - 30 ml
  Brut wine

  Method - Brew the green tea as per packet instructions along with the cinnamon. Let it cool. Fill one-third of a sparkling wine glass with the green tea and cinnamon mix. Add lemon juice and brandy and give it a stir. Top it off with Brut wine. Serve cool.

• Mixed story

  Ingredients

  Cognac - 4 cl (1.5oz)
  Acacia honey - 0.5 cl (0.2oz)
  Hot water - 4 cl (1.5oz)
  Lemon -1 slice

  Method - In a glass, add cognac, honey and hot water. Stir to dissolve the honey. Garnish with a lemon slice.

• Sugary winter

  Ingredients

  Cognac - 4 cl (1.5oz)
  Hot water - 4 cl (1.50z)
  Sugar cane syrup - 0.5 cl (0.2oz)
  2 lemon supremes (wedges without the peel, pith and skin)
  1 thin slice of ginger
  1 orange twist

  Method - In a glass, add cognac, sugar, lemon and ginger. Stir. Top with hot water and garnish with orange twist.

• Spiced orange smash

  Ingredients

  2.5 parts of cognac
  1/2 part Averna
  1/2 part simple syrup
  2 dashes of Angosutra Bitters
  1 tablespoon of Orange marmalade
  0.75 part Fresh Lemon Juice

  Method - Add all liquids to a shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Fine strain. Pour over ice in a glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

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