Eclectic Shades Magazine June Issue 2018 | Page 24

Make your next brunch bubble over with Prosecco cocktails

Everybody loves brunch, but without the bubbly, it's just breakfast. Add a festive cocktail to the mix, and suddenly you've got a celebration.

The next time you're cooking up a weekend morning meal, be it a brunch-in-bed with that sweet someone or a noon-ish feast for friends, add authentic Italian flair to your crafty cocktails with Riondo Prosecco Spago Nero Frizzante, the number one Prosecco in Italy.

This vino frizzante, with scents of apples, pears and acacia berries, is as soft on your pocketbook as it is on your palate, making it easy to bubble up your brunch in style. Prosecco is definitely the bubbly on trend right now, gaining popularity as an approachable, affordable cousin of champagne. Here are five killer ways to use Riondo Prosecco to put the punch back in your brunch.

Italian Mimosa

Orange juice and bubbly is a little passe. Mix it up with this delicious Italian twist on an old favorite.

2 Oz. Orange Vodka

4 Oz. Blood Orange Juice

6 Oz. Riondo Prosecco

Mix the first two ingredients and divide among two flutes. Top each with Prosecco and garnish with a blood orange.

(Serves two.)

Blush Crush

Welcome the rum renaissance with this perfectly refreshing cocktail.

2 Oz. White Rum

2 Oz. Fresh Lime Juice

2 Oz. Simple Syrup

6 Chunks Fresh Watermelon

10 Fresh Mint Leaves

Riondo Prosecco (enough to fill glass just below the rim)

In two tall glasses, muddle lime, simple syrup and