Mother's Day.Cocktail: Sparkling Pomegranate Punch

As you may or may not be aware, Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 12. My suggestion, forget the flowers, mothers want wine!

What better way to show how much you appreciate her, than to serve this unusual and delicious, sparking wine drink? This bubbly, sweet-tart cocktail combines sparkling wine, dessert wine and deep-red pomegranate juice. Good and good for you...

• 2 oranges, thinly sliced crosswise
• 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
• 3/4 cup late-harvest white wine, such as late-harvest Riesling, chilled
• Ice cubes, for serving
• Two 750-milliliter bottles sparkling wine, chilled
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup diced fresh pineapple (1/2 inch)
• 1 cup pomegranate juice

In a punch bowl, dissolve the sugar in the pomegranate juice, stirring vigorously. Add the sparkling wine and late-harvest white wine, then add the orange slices, diced pineapple and pomegranate seeds. Serve the sparkling pomegranate punch over ice cubes.

From Food & Wine Daily

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