#independencedaydrinks

For the Fourth of July, enjoy this cool Sutter Home Strawberry Sparkler! This drink is a great choice for holiday celebrations because it has just the right amount of fruity flavors and fizz.

Ingredients: 1 bottle Sutter Home White Zinfandel. 1 cup sliced strawberries. 1 cup sparkling water. 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves. Ice cubes.

Instructions: In a large pitcher, combine Sutter Home White Zinfandel and sliced strawberries. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to meld. Before serving, add sparkling water and mint leaves to the pitcher. Stir gently to combine. Fill glasses with ice cubes and pour the strawberry sparkler over the ice. Garnish with additional mint leaves and strawberry slices, if desired. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Stars And Stripes

This is another Pousse-Cafe layered drink. It is actually one of the easier ones to do and I might recommend it as an introduction to making Pousse-Cafe. That is because the ingredients are all very different and tend to stack with the help of a half-teaspoon measuring spoon.

The problem I had is that the recipe is wrong, and I knew it before I started. To get a red-white-and-blue cocktail for Independence Day or President's day celebration, you need to have the cream in the middle. But cream is fatty and I already knew it was lighter than both other liqueurs that have so much sugar in them. So after trying and failing at the recipe, I did it again in the order shown below. This might make a better drink for Bastille day, but at least it works.

3/4  oz. Cherry Heering

3/4 oz. blue curacao

3/4 oz. half-and-half