Nothing beats a bubbly tickling your nose when celebrating the day of love with the one who stole your heart. After all, what’s better to celebrate your life together than with an ever-symbolic champagne?

These choice champagne cocktails are perfect to sip through while enjoying a few appetizers and snacks. They’re subtle and seductive with just a tinge of sweetness, a perfect setup for an eventful night. The main course, of course, comes later - much later, when the lights go out.
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The sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France has traditionally been the bottle popped for festive celebrations. For many, culminating a New Year countdown is seldom complete without uncorking one of these chilled bubblies.

Champagne is characterized by varying sweetness levels, from the very dry Brut to the extremely sweet Doux. When choosing a champagne for your New Year’s party, you should opt for one of the sweeter bottles if you’re not planning to use it as a cocktail mix. For use with other spirits and liqueur in cocktail recipes, however, it’s always best to go with a Simple Brut (dry and no sweetness) or a Brut (very dry).
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